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

McSweeneys - #39
Hard-cover edition (2011) with photo illustration (the first since issue no. 5) by Tabitha Soren. Inside 2 inserts of the series Running, by the photographer. A..(read more)
Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing / 39
Author: McSweeneys
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Literature, Magazines, USA.

Harry Partch - Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po
The Seventeen lyrics of Li Po were composed between 1931 and 1933 and are among Partch’s earliest extant compositions. They were composed for Intoning Voi..(read more)
Label: Tzadik / TZ 7012
Artist: Harry Partch
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Composers, USA.

John Akomfrah - The Stuart Hall Project
Award-winning documentarian John Akomfrah made a sensitive, emotionally charged portrait of Jamaica-born cultural theorist Stuart Hall. A founding figure of con..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / BFIVD998
Artist: John Akomfrah
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Activism, Black Culture, Documentary, UK.
