WR: Mysteries of the Organism

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

The film they said we would never see...

Directed by Dušan Makavejev

Produced by Telepool, Neoplanta Film

197185 min6.2 / 10

A provocative, formally experimental collision of documentary and surrealist narrative that weaponizes sexual liberation and Reichian theory against communist repression.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is WR: Mysteries of the Organism scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is WR: Mysteries of the Organism easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is WR: Mysteries of the Organism sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Does WR: Mysteries of the Organism end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is WR: Mysteries of the Organism violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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