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
Jehane Noujaim - Control Room
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world’s most popular news out..(read more)
Label: Tartan Video / TVD3516
Artist: Jehane Noujaim
Medium: DVD
Categories: Films, Second Hand.
Tag: Documentary.
McSweeneys - #44
September 2013, McSweeney's 44 appears in a hardback cover, with the feel of a deluxe edition. “You have to see this” – Rachel Cohen edit..(read more)
Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing / 44
Author: McSweeneys
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Literature, Magazines, USA.
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.
