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

Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack - The Oil Crash
OilCrash, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, tells the story of how our civilization’s..(read more)
Label: Telepool
Artist: Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack
Medium: 2DVD
Category: Films.
Tag: Documentary.

Michael Z. Newman - Atari Age – The Emergence Of Video Games In America
The emergence of video games in America from ball-and-paddle games to hits like Space Invaders and Pac-Man, describing their relationship to other amusements an..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 9780262035712
Author: Michael Z. Newman
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, USA, Video Games.

Harry Partch - The World of Harry Partch
This LP is a 180 gram exact repro reissue, originally released in 1969. “The World of Harry Partch collects three of his best short pieces. ‘Daphne ..(read more)
Label: Sony/CBS / MS 7207
Artist: Harry Partch
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Instrument Builders, USA, Vinyl.
