{"id":1610,"date":"2006-10-18T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2006-10-18T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2021-01-26T00:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T07:22:38","slug":"wr-mysteries-of-the-organism-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;No excitement can ever equal the elemental force of the orgasm!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-721x1024.png 721w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-768x1091.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2-190x270.png 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Poster2.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough a creative mixture of documentary and fictional footage, Yugoslavian director Dusan Makavejev explores the links between sexual and political freedom in the Cold War era.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Eastern European Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Liberation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThough he acknowledges Makavejev&#8217;s stylistic ingenuity in <em>WR: Mysteries of the Organism<\/em>, Peary seems less than excited by the overall impact of this heady cinematic pastiche, lamenting the film&#8217;s lost opportunity to fully explore the &#8220;radical &#8220;free love&#8217; philosophy&#8221; of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelm_Reich\">Wilhelm Reich<\/a> (the &#8220;WR&#8221; of the film&#8217;s title). Viewed years later, however, it&#8217;s possible to appreciate <em>WR<\/em> as more than the sum of its (at times confusing) parts. Makavejev uses Reich&#8217;s controversial therapy techniques and untimely death as the inspirational starting point for a heady meditation on life, love, and the pursuit of happiness through political and sexual freedom. While his points may not always be clear &#8212; as Peary points out, for instance, it&#8217;s difficult at times to tell whether Makavejev is mocking Reich&#8217;s disciples or lauding their work &#8212; his images never fail to provoke and\/or shock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A provocative mix of documentary and fictional footage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1.jpg 688w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1-128x97.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/WR-Surreal-Head-1-356x270.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes; this cult movie remains a unique artistic and political statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/li>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0067958\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1840\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/wr-mysteries-of-the-organism-1972\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No excitement can ever equal the elemental force of the orgasm!&#8221; Synopsis: Through a creative mixture of documentary and fictional footage, Yugoslavian director Dusan Makavejev explores the links between sexual and political freedom in the Cold War era. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Eastern European Films Satires and Spoofs Sexual Liberation Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Though he acknowledges Makavejev&#8217;s stylistic ingenuity in WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Peary seems less than excited by the overall impact of this heady&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1610\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66061,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions\/66061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}