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Description: "W.R." is pioneering sexologist Wilhelm Reich, whose precedent-breaking theories concerning carnal behavior and politics made him persona non grata in most Eastern European scientific circles. Even as late as 1971, Reich's notions could bring down the wrath of censors and bluenoses, and this indeed was the fate of Yugoslav filmmaker Dusan Makavejev's WR: Mysteries of the Organism. Makavejev elucidates the Reichian mindset via interviews with the doctor's relatives and colleagues (we even hear from Reich's barber!) Also illustrated is the ongoing conflict between the free-thinking disciples of W.R.'s sociopolitical attitudes and the adherents of sterile Stalinism. As it turned out, Reich ended up in jail in the United States, providing a golden opportunity for Makavejev to interview such American sexual liberationists as the ~Screw magazine editor and Betty Dodson. Woven into the factual proceedings is a fictional plotline concerning the romance between Reich adherent Milena and uptight Soviet athlete Vladimir Ilyich. Though the film was never released in Makavejev's native Yugoslavia, WR: Mysteries of the Organism firmly established the iconoclastic filmmaker's international reputation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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