WR: Mysteries of the Organism (#389, DVD)

What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Duan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collisionWR: Mysteries of the Organismbegins 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 girls sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the directors homeland, the art-house smashWRis both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Duan Makavejev
• Audio commentary assembled from Raymond Durgnat’s 1999 book on the film
• Hole in the Soul,Makavejevs 1994 tragicomic autobiographical short film, originally made for the BBC
• New and archival video interviews with Makavejev
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

  New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang