Wisconsin Death Trip
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin Death Trip canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depicts |
crime in small-town America
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economic hardship ⓘ mental illness in the 19th century ⓘ |
| director | James Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
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television broadcast ⓘ theatrical release ⓘ |
| eraOfAmericanHistoryDepicted | Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | combination of still images and live-action reenactments ⓘ |
| genre |
docudrama
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documentary ⓘ experimental documentary ⓘ historical documentary ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | reconstruction of historical events ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of a cult non-fiction book
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stylized dramatizations of historical incidents ⓘ use of archival photographs as primary visual source ⓘ |
| portrays |
bizarre events
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tragic events ⓘ |
| portraysLocation | Jackson County, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1973 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime |
1890s
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| subject | Black River Falls, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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madness ⓘ rural life ⓘ social decay ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | circa 1890–1900 ⓘ |
| title | Wisconsin Death Trip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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macabre ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
archival texts
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period photographs ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.