Wisconsin Death Trip
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| '''''Wisconsin Death Trip''''' is a [[non-fiction]] [[book]] by [[Michael Lesy]], first published in [[1973]]. It has been adapted into a [[film]]. | '''''Wisconsin Death Trip''''' is a [[non-fiction]] [[book]] by [[Michael Lesy]], first published in [[1973]]. It has been adapted into a [[film]]. | ||
| - | The book is based on a collection of late [[19th century]] [[photograph|photographs]] by [[Jackson County, Wisconsin]] photographer Charles Van Schaick, mostly in the town of [[Black River Falls]], and local news reports from the same period. It emphasizes the harsh aspects of [[Midwest]]ern rural life under the pressures of [[crime]], [[disease]], [[mental illness]], and [[urbanization]]. | + | The book is based on a collection of late [[19th century]] [[photograph|photographs]] by [[Jackson County, Wisconsin]] photographer [[Charles Van Schaick]], mostly in the town of [[Black River Falls]], and local news reports from the same period. It emphasizes the harsh aspects of [[Midwest]]ern rural life under the pressures of [[crime]], [[disease]], [[mental illness]], and [[urbanization]]. |
| The film was directed by [[James Marsh (director)|James Marsh]] and starred [[Marcus Monroe]] and released in [[2000 in film|2000]]. In a [[docudrama]] style, and shot entirely in [[black-and-white]] (except for contrasting sequences of modern life in the area, in color), it combined re-enactments of some of the events described in the book with a voice-over narration by [[Ian Holm]]. Its visual style was intended to carry the content of the film - as Marsh said: | The film was directed by [[James Marsh (director)|James Marsh]] and starred [[Marcus Monroe]] and released in [[2000 in film|2000]]. In a [[docudrama]] style, and shot entirely in [[black-and-white]] (except for contrasting sequences of modern life in the area, in color), it combined re-enactments of some of the events described in the book with a voice-over narration by [[Ian Holm]]. Its visual style was intended to carry the content of the film - as Marsh said: | ||
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"Wisconsin Death Trip charts a myriad of numerous grim and bizarre occurrences that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin—in particular, the city of Black River Falls—between 1885 and 1910. In addition to a disintegration of the local economy after the closure of several industrial mines, the populace is plagued by a diphtheria epidemic that claims the lives of numerous children, as well as a series of violent crimes, murders, suicides, arsons, religious delusions, mental illness, and superstitions. The vandalism crimes of Mary Sweeny are also showcased throughout."--Sholem Stein |
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Wisconsin Death Trip is a non-fiction book by Michael Lesy, first published in 1973. It has been adapted into a film.
The book is based on a collection of late 19th century photographs by Jackson County, Wisconsin photographer Charles Van Schaick, mostly in the town of Black River Falls, and local news reports from the same period. It emphasizes the harsh aspects of Midwestern rural life under the pressures of crime, disease, mental illness, and urbanization.
The film was directed by James Marsh and starred Marcus Monroe and released in 2000. In a docudrama style, and shot entirely in black-and-white (except for contrasting sequences of modern life in the area, in color), it combined re-enactments of some of the events described in the book with a voice-over narration by Ian Holm. Its visual style was intended to carry the content of the film - as Marsh said:
- "I wanted to convey in the film the real pathos contained in a four line newspaper report that simultaneously records and dismisses the end of someone’s life" [1]
The book has also inspired the homonymous album by the band Static-X and a song by the Bethel Maine-based thrash metal band Theory of Negativity off of their 1994 self-titled album.
Wisconsin Death Trip is also the name of an ambient/electronic musical artist from Portland, Maine.
The Australian author Rod Jones cites Wisconsin Death Trip as an inspiration for his novel Billy Sunday. Billy Sunday was described as "The Great American Novel" by the Boston Globe. (Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet, The Boston Sunday Globe, June 9, 1996).
See also
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Amherst, Massachusetts, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album), It's Alright (Echo & the Bunnymen song), John Cale, John Schneider (stage actor), Lake Wobegon, List of American films of 1999, Marcus Monroe, Mary Sweeny, Michael Lesy, Return to Oz, Shadow Zone (Static-X album), Stem (DJ Shadow song), Wisconsin Death Trip (album), Wisconsin Death Trip (film), Wisconsin Death Trip (transclusion), Y'all Is Fantasy Island
