W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (Serbian: W.R. – Misterije organizma, W.R. – Мистерије организма) is a 1971 film by Serbian director Dušan Makavejev that explores the relationship between communist politics and sexuality, as well as presenting the controversial life and work of Austrian-American psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957). The film's narrative structure is unconventional, intermixing fictional and documentary elements.
After initial screenings, both in and out of Yugoslavia, W.R. was banned in that country for the next 16 years. Makavejev was subsequently indicted there on criminal charges of "derision" towards "the state, its agencies, and representatives" after he made intemperate remarks to a West German newspaper about the ban. His exile from his home country lasted until the end of the regime.
==Links to Peel==
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Peel mentioned seeing the film on the Disc & Music Echo published on 29th January 1972, where he thought the film was not that great:
"Later in the week I went alone to see "WR-Mysteries of the Organism" for which the critics have fallen about to a man. I had tried all afternoon to find someone to go with me because I wanted someone else's judgment to compare with my own. In the event. I found myself bored with the whole thing while appreciating why the critics loved it so. There seems to be nothing the film critic likes more than a rather poorly shot film in a foreign language and if they are given the chance to chortle about imageries and sexual taboos they wax positively ecstatic. The Pig is still keen to go and see "WR etc." and so it seems probable that I'll be there again. Ah well." 
==External Links==
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Category:Films