Dušan Makavejev on Danish Television
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
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Though it toured the European festival circuit, WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM was particularly well-received in Scandinavia. In this interview, conducted for Danish television in 1972, filmmaker Christian Braad Thomsen questions director Dušan Makavejev about revolutionary cinema and radical liberation.
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