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By Art S (1,002) on 14 Jan 2011

Having lost its ability to shock over the years (not withstanding some definitely NSFW scenes, as they say), Makavejev's collage/essay film…

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By Aj V (1,538) on 22 Dec 2010

This is an intricate, complex, interesting film. I'm not sure what all the Russian political stuff is about, but I found it engaging anyway…

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By Mark K (1,243) on 15 Aug 2010

Weird... exactly like WR :) All social systems which repress free love and the free flow of orgasmic energy are doomed to FAIL…

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By Chris K (1,194) on 30 Dec 2009

Makavejev interweaves fiction, documentary, and found audio and video clips (a Stalinist propaganda film, electro-shock treatment footage)…

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By Leanne C (36) on 02 Oct 2009

The film opens with a direct juxaposition of the subsequently varying threads of human sexual pleasure and 1970s politics in yugoslavia…

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By Kyle C (838) on 22 Sep 2009

Communism and free love. Apparently the documentary footage is real but taken out of context. Great fun…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 14 Sep 2009

Even with this radically liberal film that can only be described as strange more than anything, I think the filmmaker's not as sexually liberated…

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By R.a. L (186) on 31 Aug 2009

As artsy as artsy movies can get. Mysteries of The Organism, from director Dusan Makavejev is dense, pretentious, compelling and ultimately brilliant…

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By Eric F (636) on 12 Aug 2009

This is a very strange film, which is expected given its Dusan Makavejev…

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By Sherief Z (48) on 28 Jun 2009

Probably my favorite film of all time, but definitely the most influential…

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By Darrell B (62) on 18 Mar 2009

I was amazed with this film, it was something completely different and refreshing - when I think of Serbian film up to that moment…

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By Joe W (560) on 04 Mar 2009

Ok this is probably the hardest movie I've reviewed so far. It was good...and very bizarre…

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By Dezeree H (11) on 12 Jan 2009

Really stimulating stuff, funny as hell and hard to watch at times. formally this film is really amazing…

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By Bill T (1,098) on 01 Jan 2009

Interesting, but ultimately head scratching tale of sex and communism…

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By Andy C (1,868) on 18 Dec 2008

Pr0n as social commentary, or something. Depends on how you feel about Freud…

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By Joseph S (1,124) on 20 Aug 2008

There's a documentary in this film about Wilhelm Riech that is fascinating, and a mini-film about the relationship between a Yugoslavian activist…

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By Lyndon G (161) on 30 Jul 2008

It sounds interesting: communist Yugoslavia, Wilhelm Reich, sex, ice skating…

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By Andy P (1,510) on 27 Jun 2008

I decided to watch this to get a taste of Makavejev's films, because I'm curious, and a little afraid, to watch his infamous Sweet Movie…

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By Irvin C (321) on 07 Jun 2008

One of the strangest, most fucked-up movies I've ever seen and I loved it…

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By Ben B (1,489) on 27 Apr 2008

Hilarious. Dildos and Stalin never made such great buddies…

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