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

The Baffler - # 38 (March/April 2018): Holy Orders
# 38 – Holy Orders presents an eclectic array of musings on the cults, sects, and holy orders populating the cybernated badlands and civic swamps of our a..(read more)
Publisher: The Baffler / 38
Author: The Baffler
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Magazines, Politics, USA.

Peter Haas / Silvia Holzinger - Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work (English version)
An up-to-date chronicler, a chief witness against
militarism and the myths of technological progress, but above all a
modest, funny and most reflective story te..(read more)
Label: Il Mare Film
Artist: Peter Haas / Silvia Holzinger
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Computer Science, Documentary, Portrait, Science, Technology.

Terence Davies - Of Time And The City
Terence Davies’s ode to his native Liverpool is an illuminating and heartfelt work, powerfully evoking life in post-war Britain while exploring the nature..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / BFIVD789
Artist: Terence Davies
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Cinema, Documentary, History.
