Review of WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) by Jens T — 06 Nov 2011

Dusan Makavejev's W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism is kind of a strange, but reveling, relaxing, and kind of sexy film. It's a hybrid, half documentary, half feature film, But it's basically based on Austrian sexologist Wilhelm Reich's theories.

And he was labeled as a communist, because of his thoughts. This film is a documentary about his life, they interviews people that have know him, and practicing his theories, and they pretty much is about reactions during an orgasm.

The feature film part is set in Tito's Yugoslavia where a young Yugoslav woman seduces a soviet ice skater. All this mixture might seems kind of strange at first, but it's simply a good montage film about one theme that all, and specially I enjoy, so no complains there.

This film has kind of a rebellious but a liberating spirit, one perfect example is the anarchist author Tuli Kupferberg who goes around in New York dressed up as a vietcong with a toy gun. And that's where they can't stick to the subject without come with a remark about the on going war, and also when it's comes to far right thoughts.

But overall I think W.R. is a daring and fresh piece of sexual, non-pornographic film making. Thumbs up.