“Bombshell”
(Alexandra Dean’s timely documentary) explores, Lamarr, in collaboration with avant-garde composer George
Antheil, of all people, came up with a way to ensure secure radio
signals, a frequency-hopping technology that has been called the basis
for such up-to-date innovations as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
Though
one of the most recognized faces in the world, Lamarr, executive
producer Susan Sarandon has said, “was never seen for who she was.”
Yet
what makes “Bombshell” intriguing is not just Lamarr’s gift for
invention, it’s also what a fiery individualist she was, someone who had
no regrets about her eventful life (”You learn from everything”), not
even its racy, tabloid elements. more
