Crimes of the Future (1970 film)
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Crimes of the Future (1970 film) is an experimental science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, exploring a dystopian world of bizarre medical and cosmetic procedures.
All labels observed (1)
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| Crimes of the Future (1970 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10201177 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Crimes of the Future (1970 film) Context triple: [Crimes of the Future (2022 film), sharesTitleWith, Crimes of the Future (1970 film)]
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Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen in a dystopian future where human evolution and performance art surgery collide.
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Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust is a controversial 1980 Italian horror film notorious for its graphic violence, found-footage style, and enduring debates over its realism and ethics.
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Videodrome
Videodrome is a 1983 science fiction–body horror film directed by David Cronenberg, known for its surreal exploration of media, technology, and psychological manipulation.
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D.
Alphaville
Alphaville is a popular Financial Times blog that provides real-time commentary and analysis on global finance, markets, and economic news.
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E.
Alphaville
Alphaville is a 1965 French science-fiction noir film by Jean-Luc Godard that blends dystopian themes with experimental, genre-bending style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crimes of the Future (1970 film) Target entity description: Crimes of the Future (1970 film) is an experimental science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, exploring a dystopian world of bizarre medical and cosmetic procedures.
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A.
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen in a dystopian future where human evolution and performance art surgery collide.
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B.
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Holocaust is a controversial 1980 Italian horror film notorious for its graphic violence, found-footage style, and enduring debates over its realism and ethics.
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C.
Videodrome
Videodrome is a 1983 science fiction–body horror film directed by David Cronenberg, known for its surreal exploration of media, technology, and psychological manipulation.
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D.
Alphaville
Alphaville is a popular Financial Times blog that provides real-time commentary and analysis on global finance, markets, and economic news.
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E.
Alphaville
Alphaville is a 1965 French science-fiction noir film by Jean-Luc Godard that blends dystopian themes with experimental, genre-bending style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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film ⓘ science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | David Cronenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorAlsoKnownFor |
Rabid
NERFINISHED
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Shivers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fly (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s Canadian cinema ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
body horror
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institutional control ⓘ medical experimentation ⓘ sexuality and disease ⓘ |
| filmmakingStyle |
avant-garde
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surreal ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental
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horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | cult film ⓘ |
| hasDirectorStyleTrait |
clinical tone
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detached narration ⓘ focus on bodily transformation ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice |
first-person narration
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stream-of-consciousness monologue ⓘ |
| hasSetting | dystopian future ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
avant-garde cinema
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science fiction literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Adrian Tripod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bizarre medical procedures
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body transformation ⓘ cosmetic procedures ⓘ disease and mutation ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
low-budget production
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minimal dialogue ⓘ voice-over narration ⓘ |
| partOf | early films of David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | dermatologist ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Crimes of the Future (2022 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 63 ⓘ |
| writer | David Cronenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Crimes of the Future (1970 film) Description of subject: Crimes of the Future (1970 film) is an experimental science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, exploring a dystopian world of bizarre medical and cosmetic procedures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Crimes of the Future (2022 film)
subject surface form:
Crimes of the Future (2022 film)