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- Bio/Filmography
- Movies
- More (1969)
- The Valley (1972)
- General Idi Amin Dada (1974)
- Maîtresse (1975)
- Koko, A Talking Gorilla (1977)
- The Bukowski Tapes (’82-’84)
- Tricheurs (1984)
- Barfly (1987)
- Reversal Of Fortune (1990)
- Single White Female (1992)
- Kiss Of Death (1995)
- Before And After (1996)
- Desperate Measures (1998)
- Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
- Murder By Numbers (2002)
- Terror’s Advocate (2007)
- Inju (2008)
- Mad Men (TV; 2009)
- News
- Photos
- Interviews
- Press
- Texts
- Other
Links
- "Idi Amin Dada" Essay, Criterion
- "Koko" Essay, Criterion
- "Maitresse" Essay, Criterion
- Art & Popular Culture (Schroeder)
- BAM Schroeder Retrospective, 2008
- Barbet Schroeder Can't Be Killed
- Barbet Schroeder's Don Draper
- Bomb Magazine interview (Gordon)
- Bomb Magazine, interview (Foster)
- César, Best Documentary
- Cultural Literacy / Auteurs
- Filmbug: Barbet Schroeder
- Flickhead, review; BARFLY
- IDI AMIN DADA (Watch)
- IFQ: Bukowski Tapes
- J. Hoberman, Top 10 of 2007
- J. Hoberman, Village Voice: TERROR
- Koko Speaks
- La Master Class de Barbet Schroeder (EN FRANCAIS)
- Les Film du Losange
- Mad Men Recapped
- NYTimes: Barbet Schroeder
- NYTimes: “From Bukowski to Von Bulow"
- Photo: Barbet with César Award
- Roger Ebert: Jeremy Irons,”REVERSAL"
- TCM; Barbet Schroeder
- Trailer: Terror's Advocate
- VARIETY, Barbet Schroeder Talks
- VIDEO: Interview with Barbet, TERROR
- VillageVoice/BAM Retrospective
- “Charles Bukowski, Errol Morris & Roger Ebert walk into this bar…” <COMIC>
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Koko, A Talking Gorilla (1977)
penny patterson, koko, and barbet
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Koko, le gorille qui parle) is a 1978 documentary directed by Barbet Schroeder that focuses on Dr. Francine ‘Penny’ Patterson and her work with Koko, the gorilla Patterson claims to have taught to communicate with humans using symbols taken from American Sign Language. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
Criterion Collection
Essay: Gary Indiana on KOKO
KOKO, The Auteurs
DVD: Amazon