Bibliograph

Koko, a talking gorilla, Janus Films, Les Films du Losange, Barbet Schroeder, and L'institut national de l'audiovisuel present a film by Barbet Schroeder

Type

Label

Koko, a talking gorilla, Janus Films, Les Films du Losange, Barbet Schroeder, and L'institut national de l'audiovisuel present a film by Barbet Schroeder

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Koko, a talking gorilla

Oclc number

70878995

Responsibility statement

Janus Films, Les Films du Losange, Barbet Schroeder, and L'institut national de l'audiovisuel present a film by Barbet Schroeder

Runtime

Series statement

Criterion collection, 340

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Preface/Opening credits -- Exile -- Penny and Koko -- Red sweater -- Acquisition of signs -- Michael -- Feelings -- White, American, Protestant gorilla -- Controversy -- Breeding -- Koko's computer -- Just a gorilla? -- Part of nature -- Color bars

Technique

live action

Contributor