Wisconsin Death Trip

E1032837

Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 documentary film that hauntingly reconstructs a series of bizarre and tragic events in late 19th-century Black River Falls, Wisconsin, using period photographs and archival texts.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wisconsin Death Trip canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary film
film adaptation
associatedWith Michael Lesy’s photographic historiography
basedOn Wisconsin Death Trip (book) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Michael Lesy NERFINISHED
cinematographyStyle black-and-white reenactments
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive
depicts crime in small-town America
economic hardship
mental illness in the 19th century
director James Marsh NERFINISHED
distributionFormat home video
television broadcast
theatrical release
eraOfAmericanHistoryDepicted Gilded Age NERFINISHED
filmingTechnique combination of still images and live-action reenactments
genre docudrama
documentary
experimental documentary
historical documentary
hasCultStatus true
language English
narrativeForm reconstruction of historical events
notableFor adaptation of a cult non-fiction book
stylized dramatizations of historical incidents
use of archival photographs as primary visual source
portrays bizarre events
tragic events
portraysLocation Jackson County, Wisconsin NERFINISHED
productionType independent film
publicationYearOfSource 1973
releaseDecade 1990s
releaseYear 1999
screenwriter James Marsh NERFINISHED
settingTime 1890s
late 19th century
subject Black River Falls, Wisconsin NERFINISHED
theme death
madness
rural life
social decay
timePeriodCovered circa 1890–1900
title Wisconsin Death Trip NERFINISHED
tone haunting
macabre
usesMaterial archival texts
period photographs

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Marsh notableWork Wisconsin Death Trip
James Marsh directed Wisconsin Death Trip