A Grin Without a Cat
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A Grin Without a Cat is a 1977 essay film by French filmmaker Chris Marker that examines the global leftist movements and political upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s through archival footage and reflective commentary.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Grin Without a Cat canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9846107 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Grin Without a Cat Context triple: [Chris Marker, notableWork, A Grin Without a Cat]
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A.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Cat
The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
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D.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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E.
The Naming of Cats
"The Naming of Cats" is a whimsical poem by T. S. Eliot that humorously explores the secret, multifaceted names that cats possess beyond the ones humans give them.
- 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: A Grin Without a Cat Target entity description: A Grin Without a Cat is a 1977 essay film by French filmmaker Chris Marker that examines the global leftist movements and political upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s through archival footage and reflective commentary.
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A.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Cat
The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
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D.
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw is a 1934 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd as a naive missionary’s son unwittingly drawn into small-town political corruption.
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E.
The Naming of Cats
"The Naming of Cats" is a whimsical poem by T. S. Eliot that humorously explores the secret, multifaceted names that cats possess beyond the ones humans give them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Chris Marker ⓘ |
| depicts |
Cuban Revolution legacy
ⓘ
May 1968 events in France ⓘ Soviet Union and communism ⓘ Third World liberation movements ⓘ Vietnam War protests ⓘ
linked to:
anti–Vietnam War movement
|
| director | Chris Marker ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
television broadcast ⓘ theatrical release ⓘ |
| editingStyle | montage ⓘ |
| examines |
failure of revolutionary hopes
ⓘ
media representation of politics ⓘ memory of the 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
essay film
ⓘ
political documentary ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryStyle |
critical
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | political essay films ⓘ |
| hasPart | multi-part structure ⓘ |
| hasReRelease | restored version ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
global solidarity
ⓘ
political memory ⓘ utopia and disillusionment ⓘ |
| hasTitleReference |
Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cheshire Cat
|
| movement | Left-wing politics ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | essayistic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Fond de l’air est rouge ⓘ |
| partOf | Chris Marker filmography ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| subject |
1960s political movements
ⓘ
1970s political movements ⓘ New Left ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ global leftist movements ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ student protests ⓘ |
| title | A Grin Without a Cat ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
archival footage
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voice-over commentary ⓘ |
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