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
Martina Kudlácek - Notes on Marie Menken
Given access to Menken’s archive by her nephew, Kudlácek mixes rare footage with a soundtrack by John Zorn and interviews with Menken’s contemporar..(read more)
Label: Index / 030
Artist: Martina Kudlácek
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Austria, Avant-Garde, Documentary.
Summer op Seventeen - Summer of Seventeen
The record of Summer of Seventeen blew me away. An intriguing atmosphere that’s hard to pin down. An overall feel of heaven and hell, beauty and beastline..(read more)
Label: Karl Records / KR081
Artist: Summer op Seventeen
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dark Ambient, Free-folk, Soundscapes, USA, Vinyl.
Iacopo Patierno - We Call It Skweee
In the beginning of 2008, the Italian filmmaker Iacopo Patierno arrived in Stockholm. During his stay in Sweden he got in touch with the Scandinavian electro st..(read more)
Label: Genome Inc / GINC001
Artist: Iacopo Patierno
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Electro-Pop, Finland, Sweden.




