The Way Things Go

1987 film directed by Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Movie short_film Q290919
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The Way Things Go

Summary

The Way Things Go is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Way Things Go is the creator of Fischli/Weiss[3].
  • The Way Things Go is the creator of Peter Fischli[4].
  • The Way Things Go's instance of is recorded as short film[5].
  • The Way Things Go's instance of is recorded as video artwork[6].
  • The Way Things Go's director is recorded as Peter Fischli[7].
  • The Way Things Go's director is recorded as David Weiss[8].
  • The Way Things Go's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Fischli[9].
  • The Way Things Go's screenwriter is recorded as David Weiss[10].
  • The Way Things Go's genre is recorded as experimental film[11].
  • The Way Things Go's genre is recorded as silent film[12].
  • The Way Things Go's collection is recorded as Institut Valencià d'Art Modern[13].
  • The Way Things Go's director of photography is recorded as Pio Corradi[14].
  • The Way Things Go's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0094300[15].
  • The Way Things Go's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[16].
  • The Way Things Go's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 158642[17].
  • The Way Things Go's country of origin is recorded as Switzerland[18].
  • The Way Things Go's publication date is recorded as +1987-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Way Things Go's exhibition history is recorded as documenta 8[20].
  • The Way Things Go's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0csdv0[21].
  • The Way Things Go's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[22].
  • The Way Things Go's film editor is recorded as Rainer Maria Trinkler[23].
  • The Way Things Go's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/way_things_go[24].
  • The Way Things Go's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 35394[25].
  • The Way Things Go's AllMovie title ID is recorded as v178139[26].
  • The Way Things Go's DNF film ID is recorded as 51104[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Directors include Peter Fischli[7] and David Weiss[8]. Screenwriters include Peter Fischli[9] and David Weiss[10]. Created works include Fischli/Weiss[3], an artistic duo[28], in Switzerland[29] and Peter Fischli[4], a sculptor[30], b. 1952[31], of Switzerland[32].

Publication

The Way Things Go's publication date is recorded as +1987-01-01T00:00:00Z[19]. Genres include experimental film[11] and silent film[12].

Why It Matters

The Way Things Go ranks in the top 5% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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