Koko, a talking gorilla
DVD - 2006
Koko, a six-year-old gorilla, is the subject of a controversial Stanford University research project conducted by Penny Patterson. A perceptive simian who communicates with humans via sign language, Koko knows more than 300 signs and can combine them to make new hybrid descriptions. Director Schroeder and cinematographer Almendros present a visual argument exposing the contradictions that arise when scientific experiments are used to graph human behavior onto animals.
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- Published
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[United States] :
Criterion Collection
[2006]
- Language
- English
French - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Director-approved special edition
- Item Description
- Originally produced in 1978 by Les Films Losange as a French film entitled: Koko, le gorille qui parle.
Special features: new, restored digital transfer; 2006 video interview with Schroeder. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD)(80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Dolby digital mono ; 1:33:1 aspect ratio.
- Production Credits
- Director, Barbet Schroeder ; executive producers, Dale Djerassi and Barbet Schroeder ; camera, Nestor Almendros with additional footage by Ned Burgess ; editors, Denise de Casabianca, Dominique Auvray ; production, Margaret Menegoz ; production assistant, George Csicsery.
- ISBN
- 9781559409858
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