Here is the description of the film from the director:Īt the end of his life, Wilhelm Reich - psychiatrist and experimental scientist searching for the fundamentals of life - finds himself on trial, charged with deception. I only hope that it will be available to a wider audience soon.
It is really that fine a film, that one would gain from a second viewing at a later date. I also lost track of some of the personal dynamics in the film, but again, it only makes me want to see it a second time. But this is a small point, one that most viewers would not even recognize. For me, as someone who has lived a few miles from Orgonon in Rangely, Maine, it was a bit disconcerting to see the images of Orgonon that did not match the reality of the observatory.
The film was focused on the last years of Reich's work in the U.S. Reich presented us with a view of Reich as a whole person, including his love for his family, his humor at times, and his intensity when focused on his work. Sound was excellent, the color and focus of the film was top-notch, and the acting was entrancing. I can say that it is refreshing to see such an absolute first-class production.
I did not take notes, and do not consider myself a film reviewer. It was well received by the people in attendance at the conference. If you get a chance to view this film, by all means please do. I do not know when it will have its first showing in the U.S. Most discussion of this film has been in German press, as it was released in Germany in September 2013. The film was shown in English with Italian subtitles. Written, directed and produced by Antonin Svobodaīiography and Abstract, Trailer (English), Download Movie (unsure if this works or is legal) "Showing of the film "The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich" Conference on Orgonomy Rome, Italy, 2013: (Don't worry, only the first 2 minutes of the film are in German, when young Reich speaks to Freud's students at Vienna University.)Īnd here is a comment on the showing of the film at the Int. If you are not familiar with his work, the documentary (same writer/director: Antonin Svoboda) would probably be more useful. That was intended due to authenticity, because Reich was an Austrian emigrant, no native speaker. It is not a Hollywood production, don't expect action, stringent story, "stimulus per second", I consider it to be very European.Ī few remarks: Someone criticized the stilted-sounding English, which is spoken by Austrian actors.
Here is an Austrian movie based on the last years of Reich's life in the US.
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