Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip

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Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the nineteenth century. The film is inspired by Michael Lesy's book of the same name, which published in 1973. Lesy discovered a striking archive of black and white photographs in the town of Black River Falls, dating from the 1890s and married a selection of these images to extracts from the town's newspaper from th... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Wisconsin Death Trip:

Ian Holm
Marcus Monroe
Marilyn White
John Baltes
Molly Nikki Anderson
Brittany Haydock

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Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the nineteenth century. The film is inspired by Michael Lesy's book of the same name, which published in 1973. Lesy discovered a striking archive of black and white photographs in the town of Black River Falls, dating from the 1890s and married a selection of these images to extracts from the town's newspaper from the same decade. The effect was surprising and disturbing. The town of Black River Falls seems gripped by some peculiar malaise, and the weekly news is dominated by bizarre tales of madness, eccentricity, and violence amongst the local population. Suicide and murder are commonplace. People in the town are haunted by ghosts, possessed by demons, and terrorized by teenage outlaws and arsonists. Like the book, the film is constructed entirely from authentic news reports from the Black River Falls' newspaper, with occasional excerpts from the records of the nearby Mendota Asylum for the Insane. The film also makes use of the haunting black and white photographs taken by the resident portrait photographer of Black River Falls at the end of the nineteenth century. Contemporary color documentary footage of the town today, is also included at the end of each section of the film that take place over the course of four seasons.

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New York Post - 9/10 by Jonathan ForemanThe main problem with Wisconsin Death Trip is the way the format distances you from the subject matter, so that stories may shock, but they never move you.
Internet Reviews - 8/10 by Steve RhodesThe pièce de résistance is Ian Holm's omnipresent narration, which is taken directly from the newspaper accounts of the time.
Guardian - 8/10 by Jonathan RomneyWisconsin Death Trip is always lyrical, sometimes blackly farcical, and sometimes terrifying, as it reveals the romanticised American frontier's true desperation.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Lisa AlspectorChillingly beautiful cinematography makes the state's landscapes appear timeless as it sets the stage for a grim history told with archival portraits.
New York Times - 8/10 by Stephen HoldenWhen the movie is concentrating on the book, it is a creepily enthralling document that illustrates the susceptibility to breakdown of what we think of as sanity and civilization. But the film stumbles in its color sequences.
Village Voice - 6/10 by Amy TaubinA tricky, empty film adaptation of Michael Lesy's overrated 1973 book of the same name.
New York Daily News - 3/10 by Jack MathewsMarsh's film alludes to the poor economy of the former mining town but has little else to say about potential causes or motivation. Marsh just piles the events on, as if there's black humor in their sheer volume. Nope, just a big boring pile.
eFilmCritic.com - 0/10 by Brian MckayIf sitting in a library basement reading random newspaper articles on microfilm for two hours is your idea of a good time, then this movie has your name all over it.
User Review - 10/10 by Andy Sone of those films that sits neglected on the rental shelves...i think this movie develops an interesting thought process and shows the plight of many Americans in the 1800s. fascinating
User Review - 10/10 by Ryan GGreat movie for history lovers, and for those who love the weird things that people do.

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