Judgment City
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Judgment City is a fictional afterlife waystation depicted as a pleasant, bureaucratic city where the recently deceased undergo a legal-style review of their lives in the film "Defending Your Life."
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife waystation
ⓘ
fictional city ⓘ fictional location ⓘ |
| accessedBy | people after death ⓘ |
| aestheticStyle | clean and comfortable resort-like city ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Defending Your Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Daniel Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julia NERFINISHED ⓘ defense attorney Bob Diamond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Albert Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
bureaucratic city
ⓘ
pleasant city ⓘ |
| genreContext | fantasy comedy ⓘ |
| governedBy | judicial tribunal ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
courtrooms
ⓘ
hotels for the dead ⓘ modern urban environment ⓘ observation rooms for trials ⓘ orientation services for newcomers ⓘ recreational attractions ⓘ restaurants with unlimited food ⓘ transportation system for souls ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
defense and prosecution of a soul
ⓘ
life review hearings ⓘ |
| judgmentOutcomeOptions |
being sent back to Earth
ⓘ
moving on to a higher plane ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| legalSystemType | adversarial hearing ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | afterlife realm of Defending Your Life ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central setting of Defending Your Life ⓘ |
| notableIn | portrayals of the afterlife in film ⓘ |
| populationType |
administrative staff
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defense attorneys ⓘ judges ⓘ prosecutors ⓘ recently deceased humans ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
afterlife judgment center
ⓘ
waystation for the recently deceased ⓘ |
| reviewBasis | examination of key life episodes ⓘ |
| targetResidentsEmotion | reduce fear and anxiety ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | similar to late 20th-century American city ⓘ |
| thematicRole |
commentary on fear and personal growth
ⓘ
satire of bureaucracy ⓘ |
| timePerception | resembles contemporary Earth time ⓘ |
| usedFor | legal-style review of lives ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1991 ⓘ |
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