WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 10 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Synopsis:
Makavejev deftly juxtaposes the story of a sexual tryst between a liberated woman and a repressed Soviet figure skater with a politicized exploration of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich's controversial theories. "WR" can be taken to stand for either the analyst's initials or for World... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Milena Dravic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg, Jackie Curtis
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The wittiest and possibly truest thing in it is an analysis of Stalinist propaganda films as displaced pornography.
11/06/07 08:22 PM
Top Critic ndeed, it's hard to think of a headier mix of fiction and nonfiction, or sex and politics, than this brilliant 1971 Yugoslav feature by Dusan Makavejev.
11/06/07 08:22 PM
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Although it seemed like some kind of breakthrough at the time, Makavejev's film isn't improving with age.
08/16/07 03:15 AM
It is no wonder then that the film, which begins by proclaiming that life should be joyful, turns out to be one of the gloomiest of recent memory.
05/21/05 11:46 AM
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Top Critic Audacious Cold War Yugoslavian essay establishes the relationship between sex, power and liberation.
05/24/03 08:16 AM
The title is all you need to know that this film is out of the ordinary.
05/24/03 08:16 AM
Makavejev's defining work is one of eerily appropriate juxtapositions, fact and fiction, old footage and new
05/24/03 08:16 AM
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