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

John Cage / Christian Wolff - Untitled
Originally released in 1963 by Time Records in the US, this LP is perhaps best known to avant-garde and noise fiends for inclusion of Cage’s Cartridge Music [..(read more)
Label: Jeanne Dielman
Artist: John Cage / Christian Wolff
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '60s, Avant-Garde, Composers, USA, Vinyl.

Art Ensemble of Chicago - A.A.C.M., Great Black Music – A Jackson In Your House
The Art Ensemble of Chicago is one of the most enduring units dedicated to free improvisation and modern jazz composition. A Jackson in Your House was recorded ..(read more)
Label: BYG Actuel / 529.302
Artist: Art Ensemble of Chicago
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '60s, Black Culture, Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, USA, Vinyl.

Renée Levine Packer and Mary Jane Leach (editors) - Gay Guerrilla – Julius Eastman and his Music
Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, clas..(read more)
Publisher: University of Rochester Press / ISBN: 9781580465342
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Black Culture, Composers, Gay Activism, USA.
