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

Stella van Voorst van Beest - Gevangenen van de Grond
Documentary (2009) about surviving the unbearably long, dark winters in Finland. An invitation to (the) dance, an odyssey through tango salons and dancehalls in..(read more)
Label: Amstelfilm / 9789058497697
Artist: Stella van Voorst van Beest
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Dance, Documentary, World Music.

Echo Park Film Center - Origins
Project from 2011, youth aged 12-19 took a look back into the history of Los Angeles – before Spanish contact and before the land was even known as Los An..(read more)
Label: Echo Park Film Center
Artist: Echo Park Film Center
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: 16mm, Community Art, USA.

The Baffler - # 35 (Summer 2017)
The Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems and art. About # 3..(read more)
Publisher: The Baffler / 35
Author: The Baffler
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Magazines, Politics, USA.
