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

Moondog - Snaketime Series
Re-issue of his debut LP from 1956 on the musician’s own Moondog Recordings imprint. Blending Eastern instruments and ethnic music with American exotica i..(read more)
Label: Moondog Records / 2
Artist: Moondog
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Composers, Eccentrics, Microtonality, USA, Vinyl.

Yoav Shamir - Checkpoint
Checkpoint (original title: Machssomim) is a 2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers a..(read more)
Label: IDFA's Delicatessen / FFDOC11
Artist: Yoav Shamir
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Middle-East.

Pip Chodorov - Free Radicals
A film that shines with its cast: Hans Richter, Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Peter Kubelka, Maurice Lemaitre and other experimental filmmakers who, b..(read more)
Label: Re:voir / ASIN: B00T6F8HSC
Artist: Pip Chodorov
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Early Cinema, Film History, Pioneers.
