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

Marie Menken - Visual Variations
The structure of Menken’s filmic sentences, her movements, and her rhythms are those of poetry. She transposes reality into poetry.
Label: Re:voir / barcode: 3493551101925
Artist: Marie Menken
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: '50s, '60s, 16 mm, Artist Film, Avant-Garde, Super 8, USA.

Eugene Chadbourne - Dreamory
Guitarist and singer Eugene Chadbourne looked back at his career (The ceaseless stream of records and cassettes, his own Parachute label, his band Shockabilly, ..(read more)
Publisher: House of Chadula / ISBN: 978-0-692-26989-3
Author: Eugene Chadbourne
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Biography, Eccentrics, Free-folk, USA.

Jonas Mekas - He Stands In A Desert Counting The Seconds Of His Life
124 sketches, each up to 2 minutes long. Portraits of people in Mekas’ life, places, seasons of the year, weather (storms, snow blizzards, etc.), many of ..(read more)
Label: Re:voir / 791
Artist: Jonas Mekas
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Cinema, USA.
