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]] For the Static-X album, see Wisconsin Death Trip (album) . ''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 Midwest ern 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" 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. SEE ALSO Static-X EXTERNAL LINKS
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