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

Maya Deren - Collection (BluRay)
New retrospective of the “Mother of the American Avant Garde Film”! Kino Classics and Re:Voir co-released these eight films in new 2K restorations.
Label: Re:voir / barcode: 3832924281
Artist: Maya Deren
Medium: BluRay
Category: Films.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Cinema, Female Icons, Pioneers.

Tom Johnson - Finding Music / Writings (Schriften) 1961-2018
American composer, regarded as a minimalist, in fact, he was the first to apply this term to music in his article “The Slow-Motion Minimal Approach”, wr..(read more)
Publisher: Musiktexte / ISBN: 9783981331950
Author: Tom Johnson
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Composers, Minimal Music, USA.

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.
