Screenings

— W.R. - Misterije Organizma
(W.R. - Mysteries of Organism)
1971, colour, 83 min

30 November 2009
Jan van Eyck Academie

What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director’s homeland, the art-house smash WR is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.

— Written and Directed
Dušan Makavejev

— Editing
Ivanka Vukasović

— Cinematography
Pega Popović and Alexander Petković

— Sound
Ludwig Probst and Dušan Aleksić

— Art Direction
Dragoljub Ivkov

— Music
Bojana Marijan

— Cast
Milena Dravić (Milena),
Ivica Vidović (Vladimir Ilyich),
Jagoda Kaloper (Jagoda),
Tuli Kupferberg (U.S. Soldier),
Zoran Radmilović (Radmilović),
Jackie Curtis (herself),
Miodrag Andrić (Yugoslav soldier)

— Production
Svetozar Udovički,
Dušan Makavejev

— Origin
Yugoslavia