Donatello & Fosco Dubini / Barbara Obermaier - Hedy Lamarr – Secrets Of A Hollywood Star
MGM-tycoon Louis B. Mayer called Hedy Lamarr “the most beautiful girl of the century.” A psychological portrait of glamour star Hedy Lamarr who became scandalously famous in 1933 as the first nude on the screen with her appearance in the Austrian/Czech film Ecstasy. She then had an extraordinary career in more than 25 Hollywood films. But.. she also invented a torpedo guided system which was patented in 1942 and serves today as the basis for mobile phones.
The documentary (2006, 85 mins) contains interviews with Mickey Rooney, Lupita Kohner, Kenneth Anger and many other personal friends of Hedy. Also featured is the trailer “Jean Seberg – American Actress (5 mins), the trailer “Thomas Pynchon – A Journey Into The Mind (3 mins) – several documents and photos in ROM-format. Finally, the 2-disc DVD offers Hedy Lamarr’s legendary scandal film Ekstase (1933, 79 mins) in an uncut version.
Languages English and German, subtitles English and German.
€29.50
Santiago Alvarez - He Who Hits First, Hits Twice: The Urgent Cinema of Santiago Alvarez
This special 2-disk release features eight short by Cuban filmmaker, Santiago Alvarez. This includes the film Hasta La Victoria Siempre, about the life and deat..(read more)
Label: Extreme Low Frequency / 001
Artist: Santiago Alvarez
Medium: 2DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Activism, Documentary, Improvisation, Politics, World Cinema.
Caroline Martel - The Phantom of the Operator
This wry and delightful found-footage film reveals a little-known chapter in labor history: the story of female telephone operators’ central place in the deve..(read more)
Label: Artifact
Artist: Caroline Martel
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Collage, Documentary, History, Network Culture.
Mike Kuchar - Sins of the Fleshapoids
Mike Kuchar’s first 16 mm film. Set a million years in the future, after “The Great War” has scourged the planet, mankind has forsaken science for sel..(read more)
Label: Other Cinema / ISBN 0976523930
Artist: Mike Kuchar
Medium: DVD
Categories: Films, Second Hand.
Tags: '60s, 16 mm, Cult, USA.


