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.
WR: Mysteries of the Organism has generally received positive reviews.
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WR: Mysteries of the Organism was released in 1971 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 71 reviews, giving WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 72%.
With a score of 67%, WR: Mysteries of the Organism is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1971 with similar scores include films like Shaft and Le Mans.
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