It confronts the viewer with several questions that cannot be easily answered, providing considerable food for thought.
Koko - A Talking Gorilla (1977)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:5
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: French director Barbet Schroeder's documentary focuses on Koko, a gorilla trained by scientists at Stanford University to communicate using American Sign Language. Far from animal-rights... French director Barbet Schroeder's documentary focuses on Koko, a gorilla trained by scientists at Stanford University to communicate using American Sign Language. Far from animal-rights propaganda, this film asks penetrating questions about the nature of these experiments. Is Koko simply being brainwashed? Is she actually thinking with language or simply repeating learned behaviors? A thought-provoking and sobering statement on current relations between mankind, his closest relatives, and nature as a whole. [More]
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Reviews for Koko - A Talking Gorilla
Mr. Schroeder has assembled this funny, provocative documentary with gratifying intelligence and care.
Sprinkled comments provide enough intellectual provocation to begin debate, but the main course is Koko's wide-ranging behavior.
spend a little time with Koko and you'll start to fall under her spell.
To swipe a lame pun from a Tales from the Crypt comic, Koko is sure the gorilla of my dreams.
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