Project Nim
(James Marsh, 2011, USA)
From Oscar winner James Marsh, the director of 2008’s balmy documentary Man on Wire, comes Project Nim, another controversial true story of 70s absurdity and fascination. Told with intricately woven talking heads and home video footage, amongst other indicative techniques, Marsh’s latest is an absorbing and thought-provoking assessment of this intriguing investigation of human-chimp relations, which builds to a devastatingly frank conclusion. Continue reading
