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Date: 1999 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: James Marsh

Production company billing: ©2000 BBC a Hands On production for BBC Arena & Cinemax Produced in association with Virtual Television Company, London
Synopsis: Documentary. Set in the final decade of the nineteenth century, the film is constructed entirely from stories published in the local newspaper of Black River Falls, an apparently respectable and prosperous community in northern Wisconsin. However, news during the 1890's is dominated by bizarre tales of madness, suicide and murder.

Genre:
Documentary

Subjects:
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Newspapers, Homicide, Suicide, Mental disorders
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
In: Screen v47 n3 Autumn 2006  Pages: 291-306
Title: Archive aesthetics and the historical imaginary: Wisconsin..Author: CORNER, John Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...Death Trip". Critique of James Marsh's documentary WISCO NSIN DEATH TRIP, with a particular focus on how the historic al narrative is arranged within the film, including visually . Also assesses contemporary press reviews of the film.

In: Fangoria n233 June 2004  Page: 68
Title: DVD DungeonAuthor: KIERNAN, Matthew Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v14 n9 September 2004  Page: 99
Title: Homemovies: reviewsAuthor: LEYLAND, Matthew Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v10 n6 June 2000  Pages: 30-32
Title: Vanishing AmericansAuthor: EATON, Michael Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Variety 1 May 2000  Page: 34
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: HARVEY, Dennis Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Shivers n72 December 1999  Page: 47
Title: [Shivers - n72 December 1999: no known title]Author: BOTTING, Jo Article type: ReviewLanguage: English