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

Frank Van Den Engel - Photo & Copyright By G.P. Fieret
With his grainy women’s portraits, Gerard Fieret (1924-2009) managed to antagonize the entire late sixties establishment. In his mouse-infested studio he phot..(read more)
Label: Zeppers Film & TV / ISBN: 9789081399999
Artist: Frank Van Den Engel
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Eccentrics, The Hague.

Benjamin Piekut - Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde And its Limits
The New York Philharmonic’s disastrous performance of John Cage’s Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flynt’s demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charl..(read more)
Publisher: University of California Press / ISBN: 9780520268517
Author: Benjamin Piekut
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Fluxus, USA.

Ernst Schmidt Jr. - Stones & 20 Action and Destruction Films
Ernst Schmidt Jr. died in 1988, leaving behind experimental documentary films, material films, expanded cinema, abstract films, project films, conceptual film..(read more)
Label: Index / 042
Artist: Ernst Schmidt Jr.
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: '60s, '70s, 16 mm, Actionism, Austria, Avant-Garde, Documentary, Experimental.
