Very good documentary - Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018) Discussion

[–] GrowingFamily (271) 6 years ago

You're absolutely right. It was good. Hedy Lamar was a beautiful woman but also an innovative scientist. She seemed to have an innate genius for inventing without having any formal education beyond high school. It's a remarkable story, really. It's definitely worth a watch because it's fascinating.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6357) 6 years ago

Well put! Good to hear at least someone else liked it. :)

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[–] GrowingFamily (271) 6 years ago

I know. It's a ghost town some days but I'm hoping it will pick up. I was hoping to see this movie when it was at the theaters but it was gone in a blink of an eye and I totally missed it. I'm glad Netflix had it because I had forgotten about it.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6357) 6 years ago

Yes, had exactly the same experience. I guess the audience just isn't there for most documentaries.

I think this place will grow, but it takes time to get the mindshare.

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[–] dmac8 (5050) 6 years ago

I saw it on PBS a coupla weeks ago.

It was pretty good. The only thing I wished to see was more of her tv show appearances.

The one audio interview is great but I wished we had more from the horse's mouth in her earlier years.

Strange she had that vanity with the plastic surgery after wanting to be known as more than a pretty face.

But I guess aging has a funny way of changing your tune.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6357) 6 years ago

Both things can be true. You can like being known for your brains and want to have a pretty face too.

Attitudes about plastic surgery were a little different in those days. Great promises were made.

I think you can see her TV appearances on youtube.com.

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[–] BugisStreetAnnie (1296) 6 years ago

It was re-aired last night on PBS. I missed it the first time around. I kept wondering where were her two children in her later years when she said she was living on $300 a month and was struggling? I believe it was said she cut everyone off after a while, but it's strange they were unaware of her dire living circumstances or either didn't care.

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[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

I watched it on DVD last night. There were over 100 holds at the public library where I borrowed it. It took me three months before I could check it out. Hedy Lamarr was incredible. . .a great actress and a brilliant scientist. Her inventions are being used today.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

I saw it on PBS a few months ago. Excellent! She was quite the beautiful woman. Quite an interesting lady too. It's a shame that she lived in a world and in a time where people didn't appreciate her intelligence.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6357) 6 years ago

Yes, also it seemed in those days people wouldn't let you be more than one thing. Errol Flynn wanted to be a writer, for example, but no one would take him seriously because he was a big box office action star.

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[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

Seems silly, dosn't it? I can remember actors wanting to direct and write, and people acting as though it was ridiculous. Once these actors formed their own production companies things gradually began changing.
Another thing that was considered outrageous was a film star doing TV, and forget trying to break into the movies if you were a television star! Thank goodness things changed..... just not fast enough.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6357) 6 years ago

Yes, so true. The ironclad control the studios had over everything didn't help either.
I remember Humphrey Bogart was one of the first to start producing his own movies with Beat the Devil, quite an odd yet enjoyable film.

Yeah, the snobbery of the big screen has mostly gone away, hasn't it.

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