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

Jonas Mekas / Adolfas Mekas / Pola Chapelle - 3 Journeys to Lithuania
Adolfas and Jonas Mekas arrived in New York in 1949, leaving Lithuania behind. The camera became their means of expression and cinema invaded their lives.
Label: Re:voir / barcode: 3493551101703
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Cinema, USA.

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.

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.
