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
Wholphin - #13
Wholphin No. 13 features Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Sundance hit featuring Lizzy Caplan and TJ Miller as a very inebriated couple, David Mich“d’s story of a tro..(read more)
Label: McSweeney's Publishing / ISBN 978-1936365296
Artist: Wholphin
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Magazines, Shorts, USA.
Isaac Julien - Derek
Derek is a remembrance of one of Britains most important independent filmmakers.The revealing and frank interview at the core of the film is embroidered with a ..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / BFIVD797
Artist: Isaac Julien
Medium: 2DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Portrait, Queer Culture, UK.
John Akomfrah - The Nine Muses
Twenty-five years after the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus still has not returned home. So his son, Telemachus, sets off an epic journey in search of his lost ..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / 5055159200349
Artist: John Akomfrah
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tag: Documentary.
