WR: Mysteries of the Organism (The Criterion Collection)
by Dusan Makavejev
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Actor: Ivica Vidovic, Jagoda Kaloper, Milena Dravic, Tuli Kupferberg, Zoran RadmilovicDirector: Dusan Makavejev
Brand: IMG
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Serbo-Croatian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
Movie Reviews of WR: Mysteries of the Organism (The Criterion Collection)
Movie Review: Organization and sponteneity
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best subversive political film I've ever seen. It is the only film that puts sexuality in the political equation, much like Reich himself.
Throw surrealism, chaos, comedy into the mix and you have one hell of an experience.
The film starts out as a semi-documentry concerning the suppression of the life and works of Herr Reich, here in America, mostly, where he died in an American prison. It might be me, but it never really tells what his conviction was. Maybe, I'll watch it again. Obviously, because of his radical ideas and his past association with communism. The land of the free and the home of the brave, I guess.
There are many more sub-plots and characters dispersed throughout, but the film leaves the viewer with the impression that our society will never be truly free, and yes, Communism is held in as much contempt as Capitalism. Especially when tyrants are in power.
If you are a fan of artsy cinema off of the beaten path, you owe it to yourself to own this movie.
Features are wonderful and so is the film transfer and cleanup. Documentry and interview focus is on the director, as it should be. Highly recommended viewing experiece for discriminating adults
Summary of WR: Mysteries of the Organism (The Criterion Collection)
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of Communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Duan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation of 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.Similar DVD Movies
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