Model and actress Isabella Rossellini may be one of the world's most beautiful women, but she is not above making sucking noises and painting her face and lips green to simulate sex with a praying mantis. "I'm an entertainer," Rossellini, daughter of legendary actress Ingrid Bergman and famed Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini, tells Paw Nation.
In her critically acclaimed series of short films called "Green Porno", which Rossellini created, wrote and co-directed for the Sundance Channel, she dons all manner of outrageous costumes while exploring the sex life of insects, snails and marine animals. "'Green Porno' is meant to be comical about a scientific subject," says Rossellini. In one episode, Rossellini, dressed as a giant male squid, demonstrates the sex act while saying in a serious, yet sensual, breathy voice, "If I were a squid ... I would slip my spermatafore, a package full of sperm, into her spermateca." Are you blushing yet?
Conceived as a series of very short films, all episodes are less than two minutes in length, save for one six-minute episode about the elephant seal. (The shows were designed to be viewed on iPods, mobile phones and computers.) Since debuting the original eight episodes of "Green Porno 1" in 2008, the videos have garnered millions of views on YouTube and at Sundance.com, and spawned (pun intended) two ensuing seasons. On October 7th, the Sundance Channel will make the latest episodes of "Green Porno 3" available on demand to watch on the relatively big screen of your television set.
Rosseillini spoke with Paw Nation about "Green Porno," her fascination with animal behavior, why she trains service dogs, and her would-be life as a zoologist.
Have you always been interested in animals?
People are born with an affinity or interest in one thing or another, whether it's sports or music. I've always liked animals and read books about animal behavior. Since I was a little girl, I've always had pets and always had to have a dog. So, it stayed with me. It wasn't something I grew out of.
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