Project Nim is without a doubt one of the oddest science documentaries you’ll ever see. It is the biopic of Nim, the first chimpanzee who was taught sign language. Despite his rudimentary knowledge, ...
Project Nim is a documentary about an ape. A hairy, crap flinging ape. What do I care about an ape? A chimp, no less. The type you used to see wearing work trousers in PG Tips adverts. The story of ...
Reporting from New York — — An 18th century novel doesn’t seem like an obvious inspiration for a documentary about a chimpanzee in a modern scientific experiment, but that’s part of what influenced ...
James Marsh’s new documentary, “Project Nim,” is based on a true story. So is the 1987 feature “Project X.” But in spite of their similarity in plot — a chimpanzee is taught American sign language as ...
In the mid-’70s, Columbia University professor Herb Terrace—which really sounds like the code name for a hippie commune—supervises an experiment to see if a young chimp could acquire language by being ...
The devilishly talented British director James Marsh made “Man on Wire,” a marvelous documentary blending archival footage and sly reenactments about the French wire-walker who, in 1974, stunned the ...
Interview: James Marsh Talks ‘Project Nim’ & Says He’s Not A Fan Of Tom Hooper’s ‘The Damned United’
How did you become involved with “Project Nim”? Well actually it starts with a book written by Elizabeth Hess [“Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human”] which was published in 2008 that the ...
Project Nim is a documentary about an ape. A hairy, crap flinging ape. What do I care about an ape? A chimp, no less. The type you used to see wearing work trousers in PG Tips adverts. The story of ...
Researchers may have taught a chimp named Nim to communicate via sign language back in the mid-’70s, but it was humans who learned the most from the experiment, as detailed in director James Marsh‘s ...
Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
"James Marsh again proves himself a storyteller of impeccable craftsmanship and delicacy in the unsettling but enthralling" film, writes THR's David Rooney of the Oscar-winning director of "Man on ...
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