WR, Sex, and the Art of Radical Juxtaposition
By June 18, 2007
Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, it was generally felt among Western intellectuals and . . . Read more »
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 WR: Mysteries of the Organism 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. 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.
| Milena | Milena Dravić |
| Vladimir Ilyich | Ivica Vidović |
| Jagoda | Jagoda Kaloper |
| U.S. Soldier | Tuli Kupferberg |
| Radmilović | Zoran Radmilović |
| Herself | Jackie Curtis |
| Yugoslav Soldier | Miodrag Andrić |
| Director | Dušan Makavejev |
| Cinematography | Pega Popovic and Alexander Petković |
| Sound | Ludwig Probst and Dušan Aleksić |
| Editing | Ivanka Vukasović |
| Art direction | Dragoljub Ivkov |
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By June 18, 2007
Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, it was generally felt among Western intellectuals and . . . Read more »
By June 18, 2007
Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, it was generally felt among Western intellectuals and . . . Read more »
By June 18, 2007
Between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, it was generally felt among Western intellectuals and . . . Read more »