W.R. - Misterije organizma (1971) Online
A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot, and an affair with a visiting Russian skater. Mixing metaphors of Russia's relationship with Yugoslavia, intercut with footage and interviews with Wilhelm Reich and Al Goldstein of Screw magazine. The film applies Reich's theories of Orgone energy and analogies of Stalinism as a form of Freudian sexual repression. Also known as W.R. The Mysteries of the Organism in English subtitled version. Was banned in Yugoslavia shortly after it was made.
Complete credited cast: | |||
Milena Dravic | - | Milena | |
Ivica Vidovic | - | Vladimir Ilyich | |
Jagoda Kaloper | - | Jagoda | |
Tuli Kupferberg | - | US Soldier | |
Zoran Radmilovic | - | Radmilovic | |
Jackie Curtis | - | Herself | |
Miodrag Andric | - | Soldier | |
Zivka Matic | - | Landlady | |
Dragoljub Ivkov | |||
Nikola Milic | |||
Milan Jelic | |||
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jim Buckley | - | Himself | |
Betty Dodson | - | Herself | |
Mikheil Gelovani | - | Joseph Stalin (archive footage) | |
Nancy Godfrey | - | Herself |
Banned in Yugoslavia immediately after release.
Included in Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #389.
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