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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:11

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

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... 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 Revolution. [More]

Starring: Milena Dravic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg, Jackie Curtis

Starring: Milena Dravic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg, Jackie Curtis

Director: Dusan Makavejev

Director: Dusan Makavejev
Screenwriter: Dusan Makavejev

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Jun 19, 2007

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/27/08
Variety

Although it seemed like some kind of breakthrough at the time, Makavejev's film isn't improving with age.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
08/16/07
Time Out

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/21/05
David Bienstock
David Bienstock
New York Times

Audacious Cold War Yugoslavian essay establishes the relationship between sex, power and liberation.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

The title is all you need to know that this film is out of the ordinary.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/24/03
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Makavejev's defining work is one of eerily appropriate juxtapositions, fact and fiction, old footage and new

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/24/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Funny, funny.

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09/24/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The wittiest and possibly truest thing in it is an analysis of Stalinist propaganda films as displaced pornography.

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11/06/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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It's worth seeing because it gets one's juices flowing whether buying into the martyred Reich's theories or not.

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07/09/08
Dennis Schwartz
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06/22/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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A truly weird film.

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06/28/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/06/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Chicago Reader
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01/18/08
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

An insanely brilliant comedy.

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10/23/04
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