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 Akomfrah - The Stuart Hall Project
Award-winning documentarian John Akomfrah made a sensitive, emotionally charged portrait of Jamaica-born cultural theorist Stuart Hall. A founding figure of con..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / BFIVD998
Artist: John Akomfrah
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Activism, Black Culture, Documentary, UK.

John Cage - Silence – Lectures and Writings
Of all John Cage’s books, it is perhaps the first, “Silence, Lectures and Writings”, which has had the broadest impact. Even now, artists of a..(read more)
Publisher: Marion Boyars / 978-0714510439
Author: John Cage
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Art Theory, Avant-Garde, Composers, Culture Theory, USA.

Sound American - Issue 30 – The Final Issue
Final issue in a ten-year run of the American publication on music and musicians edited by trumpet player and composer Nate Wooley.
Publisher: Sound American / 30: Final Issue
Author: Sound American
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Magazines, Music Magazine, USA.
