Alice in the Cities
E546148
Alice in the Cities is a 1974 road movie by Wim Wenders that follows a German journalist and a young girl traveling across Europe and the United States in search of her grandmother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alice in the Cities canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Alice in the Cities Context triple: [Robby Müller, notableWork, Alice in the Cities]
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A.
Voices in the City
Voices in the City is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores the inner lives and emotional struggles of a family in Calcutta against the backdrop of urban alienation and social change.
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B.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is David Foster Wallace’s acclaimed collection of essays blending sharp cultural criticism, memoir, and humor, best known for its long, digressive piece on a luxury cruise.
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C.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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D.
Wrinkles of the City
Wrinkles of the City is a global street art project by French artist JR that features large-scale photographic portraits of elderly residents pasted onto urban architecture to explore memory, history, and the aging of cities.
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E.
The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine is an experimental 1961 novel by William S. Burroughs that helped define his cut-up technique and the transgressive, nonlinear style of the Beat Generation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alice in the Cities Target entity description: Alice in the Cities is a 1974 road movie by Wim Wenders that follows a German journalist and a young girl traveling across Europe and the United States in search of her grandmother.
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A.
Voices in the City
Voices in the City is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores the inner lives and emotional struggles of a family in Calcutta against the backdrop of urban alienation and social change.
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B.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is David Foster Wallace’s acclaimed collection of essays blending sharp cultural criticism, memoir, and humor, best known for its long, digressive piece on a luxury cruise.
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C.
One-Way Street
One-Way Street is a 1928 collection of experimental, fragmentary prose pieces by Walter Benjamin that blends philosophy, cultural criticism, and literary reflection.
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D.
Wrinkles of the City
Wrinkles of the City is a global street art project by French artist JR that features large-scale photographic portraits of elderly residents pasted onto urban architecture to explore memory, history, and the aging of cities.
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E.
The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine is an experimental 1961 novel by William S. Burroughs that helped define his cut-up technique and the transgressive, nonlinear style of the Beat Generation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robby Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Netherlands
ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Wim Wenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Filmverlag der Autoren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Przygodda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Amsterdam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruhr area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Kings of the Road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wrong Move NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
German journalist
ⓘ
young girl ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
road movie ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
child–adult relationship
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ identity ⓘ search for family ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Can NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | journey across Europe and the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor | early example of Wim Wenders’ road movie style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Alice in den Städten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wim Wenders road movie trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A German journalist and a young girl travel across the United States and Europe searching for the girl’s grandmother. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Filmverlag der Autoren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 110 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Wim Wenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Lisa Kreuzer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rüdiger Vogler NERFINISHED ⓘ Yella Rottländer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 1970s ⓘ |
| title | Alice in the Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Alice in the Cities Description of subject: Alice in the Cities is a 1974 road movie by Wim Wenders that follows a German journalist and a young girl traveling across Europe and the United States in search of her grandmother.
Referenced by (3)
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