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Tom Sweep

1992 film by Michaël Dudok de Wit

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ7817735 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tom Sweep is an animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit in 1992.

About the film

The author, Michaël Dudok de Wit, said that "Tom Sweep" was intended to be one of a series of films. Unlike the two following films "The Monk and the Fish" (1994) and "Father and Daughter" (2000), it is structured around a single camera angle.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tom Sweep” is 1992 film by Michaël Dudok de Wit. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sweep, film and Michaël, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992, 1994, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992-01-01. For this dossier, Sweep, film and Michaël is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “1992 film by Michaël Dudok de Wit” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7817735. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992, 1994 and 2000.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tom Sweep”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tom Sweep primary sources, Tom Sweep archive and Sweep research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tom Sweep”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tom Sweep” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.