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

Gloria Sutton - The Experience Machine – Stan VanDerBeek’s Movie-Drome and Expanded Cinem
In 1965, the experimental filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek (1927–1984) unveiled his Movie-Drome, made from the repurposed top of a grain silo. VanDerBeek envisioned ..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 9780262028493
Author: Gloria Sutton
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, '70s, Cinema, Expanded Cinema, Pioneers, USA.

Sound American - Issue 29: The Roscoe Mitchell Issue
Celebrates Art Ensemble of Chicago founder Roscoe Mitchell. An appreciation of Mitchell’s career as an improvisor, instrumentalist, composer, painter, and..(read more)
Publisher: Sound American / 29: Roscoe Mitchell
Author: Sound American
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Music Magazine, USA.

Éliane Radigue - Intermediary Spaces – Espaces Intermédiaires
One of the most innovative and influential contemporary composers, from her early electronic music through to her acoustic work of the last fifteen years.
Publisher: Umland / ISBN : 9789082649574
Author: Éliane Radigue
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Biography, Composers, Electronic Music, Female Icons, Pioneers.
