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Don't Call Isabella Rossellini's Revolting Bug-Sex Romp a Comeback
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 2:55 AM on June 18, 2008
We'd seen this in bits and pieces since its Sundance premiere this year, but an incidental reminder in our inbox just prompted another visit to Isabella Rossellini's short-film series Green Porno. And under the influence of head-clearing morning air, it occurred to us that Rossellini's episodic forays into the reproductive lives of snails, earthworms, spiders and other bugs features not only among the most sickly prurient puppetry we've seen in years, but arguably the best work the actress has done in almost two decades. Porno's backers at Sundance Channel will tell you all about their pro-ecology mandate, but honestly, we could take or leave such shameless earnestness in the face of a bug-fucking resurgence like this. Follow the jump to view our favourite episode, Preying Mantis, whose misspelling makes all the sense in the world once its grotesquerie of oozing, carnal head-eating settles in. We'll never have sex again. [Sundance Channel via VSL]
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rabbitboy
Posted 4:03 AM 18/6/08
@ michaelagrammar -- don't forget her going after Liz Lemon with a broken wine bottle.
Viva La Rossellini!
There are no words for Green Porno…there are no words. They should've sent a poet…
rabbitboy
michaelagrammar
Posted 3:59 AM 18/6/08
This is genius and all, but I resent the notion that Isabella hasn't done remarkable comedic work in recent years. Certainly any fan of 30 Rock will tell you her multi-episode arc last season gave the show some of its best moments ever. "Dammit Jack, you know I love my beef and cheddar."
michaelagrammar
CourageousCoward
Posted 3:36 AM 18/6/08
'cause she's been here for years?
CourageousCoward
mothrafairy
Posted 3:27 AM 18/6/08
Funniest Film EVER. A hundred years from now, people will concur: "No one but Isabella Rossellini could have played the mantis. No one."
Seriously, I fell off my chair.
mothrafairy
JudgeFudge
Posted 3:23 AM 18/6/08
@itchycoo: Nope. I think my theatre 203 class from sophmore year did.
JudgeFudge
kookla
Posted 3:22 AM 18/6/08
I'm pretty sure he inspired it.
kookla
itchycoo
Posted 3:10 AM 18/6/08
did david lynch direct this?
itchycoo
BScrivner
Posted 5:33 AM 18/6/08
This is pretty old-- Green Porno was made originally to be shown on cellphones. Rosellini allegedlly conceived, wrote, and co-directed the series.
[www.wired.com]
BScrivner
Whiteboyfunfark
Posted 8:44 AM 18/6/08
Was that creaking sound Isabella's head turning around or Roberto and Ingrid rolling in their graves?
Whiteboyfunfark
STV
Posted 9:45 AM 18/6/08
@BScrivner: Hence the opening line, "We'd seen this in bits and pieces since its Sundance premiere this year, but an incidental reminder..." Scold us when we do an Altman or Kubrick mash-up or something.
STV
Benovite
Posted 9:29 AM 18/6/08
I bet sex with Isabella Rossellini would be a chilling experience.
Benovite