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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (DVD)

APPROX. 85 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1971 - MPA RATING: NR

DVD Specifications

Release date: Jun 19, 2007
Studio: Criterion/Voyager
Year: 1971
Video: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: Croatian: Dolby Digital 1.0
Genre: Comedy
Subtitles: English

Special Features

  • Audio commentary assembled from Raymon Durgnat's 1999 book on the film
  • Hole In The Soul, Makavejev's 1994 short film
  • New video interview with Makavejev by film historian Peter Cowie
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • A new essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew


Criterion/Voyager presents
Jagoda KaloperMilena Dravic

"WR: Mysteries of the Organism"

Written byDusan Makavejevdirected byDusan Makavejev
Production Year: 1971
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