What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl's sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director's homeland, the art-house smash WR is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.

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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)

W.R. - Misterije organizma
DVD
Unrated

Fantasy/Drama/Comedy · 1h 24m · 6/19/2007

    
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What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl's sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director's homeland, the art-house smash WR is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.

Release Country

United States

Barcode

715515024228

Release Date

6/19/2007

Media Type

Movie

Audio

  English     
  Serbo-Croatian     
  Commentary     

Digital Copy

Not Included

Studio

Neoplanta Film/Telepool/The Criterion Collection

Subtitles

English

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

Cover Type

Keep Case (Std.)

Discs

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Cast
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Milena Dravic

Milena
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Ivica Vidovic

Vladimir Ilyich
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Jagoda Kaloper

Jagoda
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Tuli Kupferberg

US Soldier
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Zoran Radmilovic

Radmilovic
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Jackie Curtis

Herself
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Miodrag Andric

Soldier
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Zivka Matic

Landlady
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Dragoljub Ivkov

Unknown
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Nikola Milic

Unknown
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Milan Jelic

Unknown
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Jim Buckley

Himself
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Betty Dodson

Herself
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Mikheil Gelovani

Joseph Stalin (archive footage)
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Nancy Godfrey

Herself
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Zedong Mao

Himself (archive footage)
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Wilhelm Reich

Himself (archive footage)
Crew
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Dusan Makavejev

Director
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Dusan Makavejev

Writer
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