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

Eugene Chadbourne and Jim McHugh - Highway 23
This one sounds like what it looks like. Country music with a twist, by a duo that go back some time, and… partly recorded in Nashville, “at Mike La..(read more)
Label: House of Chadula / Highway 23
Artist: Eugene Chadbourne and Jim McHugh
Medium: CD-R
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Banjo, Country Blues, Improvisation, USA.

Various Artists - VISIONary
This compilation offers an opportunity for a substantial view of Austrian experimental and documentary film´s varied status quo. The works on this DVD range fr..(read more)
Label: Index / 034
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: 2DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Austria, Documentary, Experimental, Shorts.

Aliona van der Horst - A Passion For The Hermitage
A five-part documentary about the staff of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. A treasury of anecdotes from the people who have seen it through the ..(read more)
Label: Viewpoint Productions / 90-807619-3-1
Artist: Aliona van der Horst
Medium: DVD
Categories: Films, Second Hand.
Tags: Art, Documentary.
