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

The Baffler - # 41: Mind Cures
Nearly two years out from the USA’s most recent collective psychotic break, we asked Baffler contributors to reflect on the various therapies, cures, and psyc..(read more)
Publisher: The Baffler / # 41 (Sept/Oct 2018)
Author: The Baffler
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Culture Theory, Magazines, Politics, USA.

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.

Frédérique Devaux and Michel Amarger - Voyage Dans Le Cinema Experimental A Beyrouth – In Lebanon with Jaap Pieters
The film makers wanted to seek out contemporary experimental filmmakers in Lebanon and met Mahmoud Hojeij, Nadim Tabet, Ghassan Salhab, Nesrine Khodr and Lamia ..(read more)
Label: Re:voir
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Experimental, Middle-East.
