Films like WR: Mysteries of the Organism.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Phantom of Liberty (1974) poster
1. The Phantom of Liberty1974

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hole in the Moon (1964) poster
2. Hole in the Moon1964

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Brewster McCloud (1970) poster
3. Brewster McCloud1970

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lilies of the Field (1972) poster
4. Lilies of the Field1972

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Milky Way (1969) poster
5. The Milky Way1969

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) poster
6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Arabian Nights (Pasolini) (1974) poster
7. Arabian Nights (Pasolini)1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Daisies (1966) poster
8. Daisies1966

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) poster
9. The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zerograd (1988) poster
10. Zerograd1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

City of Women (1980) poster
11. City of Women1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

O Lucky Man! (1973) poster
12. O Lucky Man!1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

These are WR: Mysteries of the Organism’s neighbours — where are yours?

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