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

Moondog - Snaketime Series
Re-issue of his debut LP from 1956 on the musician’s own Moondog Recordings imprint. Blending Eastern instruments and ethnic music with American exotica i..(read more)
Label: Moondog Records / 2
Artist: Moondog
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Eccentrics, Microtonality, USA, Vinyl.

Timothy Corrigan - The Essay Film
Essay films are arguably the most innovative and popular forms of filmmaking since the 1990s”, Timothy Corrigan claims in his diligent new study, The Essay Fi..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN 0199781699
Author: Timothy Corrigan
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Cinema, Documentary.

Lord Jeff - Untitled
Ecstatic Peace founder Thurston Moore’s niece Louise Erdman reported she had been singing backups in this band called Lord Jeff, and when Thurston went to..(read more)
Label: Ecstatic Peace / E#100M
Artist: Lord Jeff
Medium: CD
Category: Uncategorized.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Eccentrics, Experimental, USA.
