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 (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin Death Trip canonical | 3 |
| Wisconsin Death Trip (book) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wisconsin Death Trip Context triple: [James Marsh, notableWork, Wisconsin Death Trip]
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A.
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
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B.
The Last of the Winnebagos
The Last of the Winnebagos is a science fiction novella by Connie Willis set in a near-future America grappling with ecological collapse and the emotional aftermath of a mysterious canine plague.
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C.
Roadkill
Roadkill is a 1989 Canadian road-movie comedy-drama directed by Bruce McDonald and written by and starring Don McKellar, following a young woman sent to track down a missing rock band across Northern Ontario.
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D.
Bad Trip
Bad Trip is a 2020 hidden-camera comedy film that blends a scripted road-trip story with real-life pranks on unsuspecting bystanders.
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E.
Road to Nowhere
"Road to Nowhere" is a 1985 song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, known for its upbeat sound paired with lyrics about uncertainty and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wisconsin Death Trip Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
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B.
The Last of the Winnebagos
The Last of the Winnebagos is a science fiction novella by Connie Willis set in a near-future America grappling with ecological collapse and the emotional aftermath of a mysterious canine plague.
-
C.
Roadkill
Roadkill is a 1989 Canadian road-movie comedy-drama directed by Bruce McDonald and written by and starring Don McKellar, following a young woman sent to track down a missing rock band across Northern Ontario.
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D.
Bad Trip
Bad Trip is a 2020 hidden-camera comedy film that blends a scripted road-trip story with real-life pranks on unsuspecting bystanders.
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E.
Road to Nowhere
"Road to Nowhere" is a 1985 song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, known for its upbeat sound paired with lyrics about uncertainty and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
ⓘ
film adaptation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Michael Lesy’s photographic historiography ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Wisconsin Death Trip (book)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wisconsin Death Trip
|
| basedOnAuthor | Michael Lesy ⓘ |
| cinematographyStyle | black-and-white reenactments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depicts |
crime in small-town America
ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ mental illness in the 19th century ⓘ |
| director | James Marsh ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
television broadcast ⓘ theatrical release ⓘ |
| eraOfAmericanHistoryDepicted | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| 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
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stylized dramatizations of historical incidents ⓘ use of archival photographs as primary visual source ⓘ |
| portrays |
bizarre events
ⓘ
tragic events ⓘ |
| portraysLocation | Jackson County, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1973 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Marsh ⓘ |
| settingTime |
1890s
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| subject | Black River Falls, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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madness ⓘ rural life ⓘ social decay ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | circa 1890–1900 ⓘ |
| title | Wisconsin Death Trip ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
ⓘ
macabre ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
archival texts
ⓘ
period photographs ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wisconsin Death Trip Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wisconsin Death Trip