Cryptomnesia #52 Featuring Dušan Makavejev's film WR: The Mysteries of the Organism 05.02.2022
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Description
In this special episodes we'll be listening to the film, WR: Mysteries of the
Organism.
"Indeed, it’s hard to think of a headier mix of fiction and nonfiction, or sex
and politics, than this brilliant 1971 Yugoslav feature by Dusan Makavejev,
which juxtaposes a bold Serbian narrative shot in 35-millimeter with funky New
York street theater and documentary shot in 16. The WR is controversial sexual
theorist Wilhelm Reich and the mysteries involve Joseph Stalin as an erotic
figure in propaganda movies, Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs killing for peace as he
runs around New York City with a phony gun, and drag queen Jackie Curtis and
plaster caster Nancy Godfrey pursuing their own versions of sexual freedom."
source [https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2020/09/wr-mysteries-of-the-organism/]
