Green Porno

Formato: programetes
exibição: TV, Festivais e Celulares/Ipods
“I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and ‘scandalous’ ways that insects copulate.” Isabella Rossellini

Green Porno is a series of very short films conceived, written, directed by and featuring Isabella Rossellini about the sex life of bugs, insects and various creatures. The films are a comical, but insightful study of the curious ways certain bugs “make love”.

Each film is executed in a very simple childlike manner. They are a playful mixture of real world and cartoon. Each episode begins with Isabella speaking to the camera “ If I were a … (firefly, spider, dragonfly etc.). She then transforms into the male of the species explaining in a simple yet direct dialogue the actual act of species- specific fornication. The costumes, colorful sets and backdrops as well as the female insects (all simple paper cut-outs and sculptures) contribute to the playfulness of the films. The contrast of this “naïf” expression and filthy sex
practices adds to the comicality of Green Porno.

While they will be screening on televisions and at festivals, Green Porno is an experiment, dealing with the third screen, namely for cellular screens, computers and ipods etc. The graphic look of the films was specifically conceived for these smaller screens. Each film can be shown individually or strung together to make a series more suitable for television.

The title, Green echoes the ecological movement of today and our interest in nature, and Porno alludes to the racy ways bugs, insects and other creatures have sex, if human, these acts would not be allowed to air on television. They would be considered most filthy and obscene.

Green Porno are produced by Rick Gilbert and Isabella Rossellini in association with Sundance Channel.
links: http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno