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

Xiu Xiu - You Can’t Hear Me
Half live concert footage, half music video; You Can’t Hear Me is a series of experimental vignettes that expound upon the dark irony of the accompanying ..(read more)
Label: MVD Visual
Artist: Xiu Xiu
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Electronic Rock, Post-Punk.

Harry Partch - The Harry Partch Collection Vol. 2
The Wayward: U.S. Highball, San Francisco, the Letter, Barstow / And on the Seventh Day Petals fell in Petaluma.
Label: New World Records / 80622
Artist: Harry Partch
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Composers, Instrument Builders, Microtonality, USA.

Scott Crocker and Toshiaki Ozawa - Boneshop Of The Heart
Boneshop Of The Heart – Outsider Art from the American South: This acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary provides a rare and illuminating exploratio..(read more)
Label: Small Change Productions
Artist: Scott Crocker and Toshiaki Ozawa
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Artists, Documentary, Outsider Art.
