W.R. - Misterije organizma (1971)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Dusan Makavejev

Writer:

Dusan Makavejev (writer)

Release Date:

13 October 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot...

Plot Keywords:

Yugoslavia | Interview | Morality | Risque | Spontaneous Orgasm

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Milena Dravic	...	Milena
Ivica Vidovic	...	Vladimir Ilyich
Jagoda Kaloper	...	Jagoda
Tuli Kupferberg	...	US Soldier
Zoran Radmilovic	...	Radmilovic
Jackie Curtis	...	Herself
Miodrag Andric	...	Soldier
Zivka Matic	...	Landlady
Dragoljub Ivkov
Nikola Milic
Milan Jelic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Buckley	...	Himself
Betty Dodson	...	Herself
Mikheil Gelovani	...	Joseph Stalin (archive footage)
Nancy Godfrey	...	Herself
Wilhelm Reich	...	Himself (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Mystery of Body
W.R. - Die Mysterien des Organismus (West Germany)
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

Runtime:

84 min | Sweden:85 min

Country:

Yugoslavia | West Germany

Language:

English | Serbo-Croatian | Russian | German

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Neoplanta Film

Trivia:

Included in Roger Ebert's Great Movies.

Quotes:

Soldier: My One goes off like a gun! My Two is like a bolt from the blue!

Movie Connections:

References The Mating Urge (1959)

Read First, then Watch

I loved the playfulness within the context of an enactment of a man's ideas. So to 'get' the film fully, perhaps one may want to read one or more of Reich's books. I have read (and enjoyed) Mass Psychology of Fascism. Good luck on your own interpretations and conclusions. The film really is brilliant in many ways. In the times in which we live it is interesting to look at a piece made decades ago that can and does speak to the possibility of a different way of life. In other words, this picture presents something bigger and more meaningful to those who care to interpret it. It is refreshing to see something that is not a documentary but not a typical narrative film. I hope more people find it as strange and fascinating as I did.