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The Limits of Control: Reception, Production & Cast

The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, with criticism for its…

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The Limits of Control topic overview

The analysis highlights Reception, Production and Cast as prominent areas in the source structure around The Limits of Control.

Related topics
62
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
68
Extracted relationships
55
Related term clusters
16
Bridge connections
68

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Reception · 25 topics
Production · 13 topics
Cast · 11 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Plot · 4 topics
Soundtrack · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$2 million
Cinematography
Christopher Doyle
Country
United States
Directed by
Jim Jarmusch
Distributed by
Focus Features
Edited by
Jay Rabinowitz

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Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Reception

Soundtrack

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Advanced semantic analysis

How The Limits of Control connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Limits of Control shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Limits of Control → Almería, Bankolé, Brian Eno, Burroughs, Control, Emphasize, Isaach, Jacques Rivette's, Jarmusch, Jarmusch's, John Boorman’s, Look, Madrid, Oblique Strategies, Parker, Point Blank, Richard Stark, Seville, The Limits, Torres Blancas Another extracted example is The Limits of Control → Christopher Doyle, Control, Hong Kong-based Australian, Manohla Dargis, Metacritic, Mike Goodridge, Philip French, Rotten Tomatoes, Screen International, The Guardian, The Limits, The New York Times. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Limits of Control

Top relations

related to Production · 23
The Limits of Control → Almería, Bankolé, Brian Eno, Burroughs, Control, Emphasize, Isaach, Jacques Rivette's, Jarmusch, Jarmusch's, John Boorman’s, Look, Madrid, Oblique Strategies, Parker, Point Blank, Richard Stark, Seville, The Limits, Torres Blancas
related to Reception · 12
The Limits of Control → Christopher Doyle, Control, Hong Kong-based Australian, Manohla Dargis, Metacritic, Mike Goodridge, Philip French, Rotten Tomatoes, Screen International, The Guardian, The Limits, The New York Times
is a · 2
The Limits of Control → 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, tedious viewing experience with little reward
Box office · 1
The Limits of Control → $2 million
Cinematography · 1
The Limits of Control → Christopher Doyle
Country · 1
The Limits of Control → United States
Directed by · 1
The Limits of Control → Jim Jarmusch
Distributed by · 1
The Limits of Control → Focus Features
Edited by · 1
The Limits of Control → Jay Rabinowitz
Languages · 1
The Limits of Control → English Spanish French Japanese Arabic

Important terminology

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Important terminology

film jarmusch control limits de seville man music films written jim isaach bankolé cinematography madrid spain one movie wrote almería

The Limits of Control relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 55 structured relationships around The Limits of Control. Examples in this analysis include The Limits of Control → Box office → $2 million and The Limits of Control → Cinematography → Christopher Doyle. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Limits of ControlBox office$2 million1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlCinematographyChristopher Doyle1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlDirected byJim Jarmusch1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlDistributed byFocus Features1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlEdited byJay Rabinowitz1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlLanguagesEnglish Spanish French Japanese Arabic1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlMusic byBoris1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlProduced byStacey Smith Gretchen McGowan1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlProduction companiesEntertainment Farm PointBlank Films1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlRelease dateMay 1, 2009 (2009-05-01)1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlRunning time116 minutes1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlStarringIsaach de Bankolé Paz de la Huerta Tilda Swinton Gael García Bernal Bill Murray Hiam Abbass John Hurt1.00infobox
The Limits of ControlWritten byJim Jarmusch1.00infobox
The Limits of Controlis a2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch0.90text
The Limits of Controlis atedious viewing experience with little reward0.90text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around The Limits of Control bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Limits, Jarmusch and Jim. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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  • the limits of control
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    • Jim
    • Wrote
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    • One
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    • De
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    • Office
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    • Office
    • Soundtrack
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    • Limits
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Limits of Control, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Limits of Control with Reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
The Limits of Control — Reception · splits 43 ⟂ 26
The Limits of Control — Production · splits 55 ⟂ 14
The Limits of Control — Cast · splits 57 ⟂ 12
The Limits of Control — Overview · splits 61 ⟂ 8
The Limits of Control — Plot · splits 64 ⟂ 5
The Limits of Control — Soundtrack · splits 66 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Limits of Control

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples55
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Limits of Control to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Reception, Production & Cast, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Limits of Control · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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