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This documentary-fiction film 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,...

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Uniform Title:W.R., misterije organizma (Motion picture)
Main Author: Okudzhava, Bulat, 1924-1997 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Neoplanta Film, Janus Films, Cinema 5., Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Makavejev, Dušan (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Dravić, Milena (Actor), Kaloper, Jagoda, 1947- (Actor), Vidović, Ivica, 1939-2011 (Actor), Radmilović, Zoran, 1933-1985 (Actor), Kupferberg, Tuli (Actor), Curtis, Jackie, 1947-1985 (Actor), Andrić, Miodrag, 1943-1989 (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Serbian
Language Notes:In English and Serbo-Croatian with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Edition:Director-approved special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 389.
Subjects:
Reich, Wilhelm, > 1897-1957 > Drama.
Sexual freedom > Yugoslavia > Drama.
Sex customs > Yugoslavia > Drama.
Women > Sexual behavior > Yugoslavia > Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Erotic films.
Experimental films.
Documentary-style films.
Fiction films.
Erotic > Feature.
Experimental > Feature.
Documentary > Feature.
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Summary:This documentary-fiction film 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, this art-house smash is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.
Item Description:Conceived and created by Dušan Makavejev.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Distributed theatrically by Janus Films and Cinema 5.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Dušan Makavejev; audio commentary assembled from Raymond Durgnat's 1999 book on the film; "Hole in the soul," Makavejev's 1994 tragicomic autobiographical short film, originally made for the BBC; new and archival video interviews with Makavejev; an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Audience:For mature audiences only.
Production Credits:Photographers, Pega Popović, Aleksandar Petković ; art director, Dragoljub Ivkov ; editor, Ivanka Vukasović ; hymn writer and singer, Bulat Okudzava.
ISBN:1934121584
9781934121580