Wexner Center for the Arts: Film/Video - WR: Mysteries of the Organism

Summer Abroad: A Tribute To Janus Films

Join us on a 13-film cinematic world tour with stops in France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Spain, Japan, and the former Yugoslavia. This summer's series is a tribute to Janus Films, the legendary distributor of foreign films (and sister company to the Criterion Collection. The company was established at the beginning of the golden age for art house cinema in the U.S. and was instrumental in introducing American audiences to such directors as Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut, and Akira Kurosawa. Each film will be screened in a new 35mm print provided by Janus Films.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

(Dusan Makavejev, 1971)

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 | 7:00PM
Film/Video Theater

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Serbian director Dusan Makavejev's WR: Mysteries of the Organism is a daring exploration of the connections between communist politics and sexuality.

The film begins as a documentary about the life of sex psychologist Wilhelm Reich before transforming into a loose narrative about a young Slavic girl's sexual liberation. (85 mins., 35mm)

Special offer: Bring your ticket stub from any Summer Abroad film to the Surly Girl Saloon in the Short North this summer and receive a 15% discount on food purchases (Sun-Thu). You can also sample cool cocktails inspired by these movies.