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

Kim Newman - Flipside: Kim Newman’s Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
In an all-new documentary, produced exclusively for the BFI, the UK’s most knowledgeable and well-respected cult film critic, Kim Newman, explores such qu..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / BFIVD878
Artist: Kim Newman
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Cinema, Documentary, UK.

Hubert Sauper - Darwin’s Nightmare
Some time in the 1960’s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was
introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The
Nile Perch, a vorac..(read more)
Label: Imagine / IFD001
Artist: Hubert Sauper
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Ecology, Environment.

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.
