Global Swarming Honeybees: Green Porno

5.06.2008

Green Porno

June 18, 1952 was a most auspicious day in the dubious annals of human history, as the delightful Isabella Rossellini came into the world on that date.

Now, in her directorial debut, Ms. Rossellini has birthed a strange and glorious film project for the Sundance Channel called Green Porno.

The series describes the esoteric love lives of insects, including the honeybee, earthworm, praying mantis, and dragonflies, among other critters.The short films are campy, hilarious, poignant, deliciously low-tech, refreshingly explicit, and oddly shocking in a most enjoyable way. Rossellini hasn't held back on the bodily fluids, either—they are most colorfully portrayed. If biology classes were taught with half as much intelligence and creativity, America would be a nation of scientists.“I was always fascinated by the infinite, strange and 'scandalous’ ways that insects copulate,” says Rossellini. What joyous expression her fascination has found!Unless you are squeamish or a hopeless prude, check out these amazing short films pronto. (Many thanks to bee-boy Thew for the hot tip.)

1 comment:

casscook said...: Funny, I just heard about Green Porno and I thought "I wonder if Gerry has heard of this?". Sure enough you knew about it almost a year ago!; April 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM

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