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WR: Mysteries of the Organism

1971 · 85 min

A wild, collage-like provocation that mixes documentary, satire, and surreal fiction into a playful but confrontational experience.

Tagline
The film they said we would never see...
Overview
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into 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.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • sexuality
  • power
  • identity
  • rebellion
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity9
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, comedy
Directed by
Dušan Makavejev
Written by
Dušan Makavejev
Starring
Milena Dravić, Ivica Vidović, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg, Zoran Radmilović, Jackie Curtis, Miodrag Andrić, Živka Matić
Music
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Cinematography
Aleksandar Petković
Runtime
85 min
Country
Germany, Yugoslavia
Languages
German, English, Russian, Serbo-Croatian

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