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Insect mating ritual porn

stbalbach — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:22:02 -0800

Green Porno, Sundance Channel's new series of short films. Isabella Rossellini singlehandedly re-enacts mating rituals of the dragonfly, spider, bee, praying mantis, worm, snail and housefly by getting it on with cardboard cut-outs. Wired video interview.

By: ornate insect

ornate insect — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:26:33 -0800

at least it's not eco porn

By: muckster

muckster — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:31:15 -0800

I love these.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:39:15 -0800

My favorites are Bee and Spider!

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:44:41 -0800

Could we not just have human porn, but with carbon offset?

By: hecho de la basura

hecho de la basura — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:54:05 -0800

Bee and Snail are my favorites but they are all wonderful!! I hope this becomes an internet meme.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:59:33 -0800

At least someone is taking the small digital screen seriously as a potential new format. I am so sick of film snobs screaming that the only way a movie should be seen is on the giant screen of an old movie palace.

By: rmmcclay

rmmcclay — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:13:04 -0800

...sorry but Green Porno is not available in your region (I live in Asia)... ...it will be released outside of the US in July... This is the message that is displayed when trying to view the video.

By: [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:21:31 -0800

This is essentially the best thing I have ever seen in my entire life. It encompasses nearly all my interests and ideas-- those I have, and those I have yet to acquire. Seriously, this is what humans evolved to do.

By: Alex404

Alex404 — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:22:06 -0800

I didn't realize Isabella was the coolest lady ever. Now I know.

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:31:39 -0800

She is still the hottest woman on the planet after all these years, even wrapped up in an earthworm costume.

By: Sam.Burdick

Sam.Burdick — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:59:56 -0800

I have a second on caddis's motion!

By: PM

PM — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:02:13 -0800

This is disappointingly safe for work.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:12:13 -0800

I was hoping a heavy breathing Dennis Hopper would show up and shove a silk scarf in the earthworm's mouth.

By: numinous

numinous — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:13:25 -0800

Oooo, edutainment! I had no idea that earthworms urinate FROM EVERY SINGLE SEGMENT OF THEIR BODIES! The gratuitous defecation was also a complete surprise. As an aside, trying to find ascii art of a pile of excrement is more difficult than it ought to be.

By: numinous

numinous — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:27:47 -0800

I just watched the entire series, and yes, this truly is the best of the web. Isabella Rossellini is my theatrical heroine. Also, I am astounded by the sadomasochistic nature of snail sex; is this consistent with all slug sex? If so, I'll finally be able to reconcile those students at Porter with our beloved bananaslug mascot.

By: Roman Graves

Roman Graves — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:32:11 -0800

I am so sick of film snobs screaming that the only way a movie should be seen is on the giant screen of an old movie palace. Apples and oranges, man. All this film snob is saying is let's not stop making movies that are designed to be seen on those big ole screens as most shift towards being framed for an iPhone screen. And earthworm was fuckin' awesome.

By: moxiedoll

moxiedoll — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:38:55 -0800

Beyond wonderful. I had no idea that the bands around earthworms are movable sex scrapers that babies come out of!

By: tula

tula — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:45:54 -0800

These are really great, and I think better understand the whole David Lynch/Isabella Rossellini thing now.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:06:13 -0800

Sent to all my entomology major friends. Spider was amazing.

By: podwarrior

podwarrior — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:11:37 -0800

"Two cerci way up!"

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:46:55 -0800

I can NOT choose a favorite. They are all so luminous. And I don't know any film snobs/academics worth a damn who carp about "maintaining the integrity of the apparatus" ie reserving media for big, dark theaters, much, what with all the phenomenal strides digital distribution of content has taken in enlarging the reach of the moving image. I call straw man.

By: arruns

arruns — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:49:46 -0800

numinous, it is worse than you think

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:57:36 -0800

Isabella's bugfuck crazy, I tell you.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:58:23 -0800

(go slugs!)

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:34:28 -0800

I LOVE Isabella Rossellini!!! Isn't it strange, though, how she played the male of all the insects? Strange.

By: matt_od

matt_od — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:38:22 -0800

any day now (tomorrow?) you will be able to find a podcast/interview of Isabella talking about these shorts here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=202224986 (launches iTunes). In the mean time you can find some other interesting interviews of other filmmakers who took part of these Tribeca Film Fest podcasts at the SoHo Apple Store. (disclaimer: I've edited most of these).

By: Potsy

Potsy — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:33:07 -0800

Sundance Channel? Shit, this needs to be on Sesame Street.

By: scodger

scodger — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:43:34 -0800

Downloadable for non-us from http://arco.vo.llnwd.net/o2/cust9/FLV/640x480/original/green_porno/green_porno_earthworm.flv Just switch the earthworm bit to the other insects and you'll get all the different ones.

By: Dillonlikescookies

Dillonlikescookies — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:49:22 -0800

29mb though? damn

By: quiet

quiet — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:05:35 -0800

Direct link to all the files: green_porno_bee green_porno_dragonfly green_porno_earthworm green_porno_firefly green_porno_fly green_porno_mantis green_porno_snail green_porno_spider gp_festival_buzz_02 green_porno_genital_geometry_02 green_porno_if_i_were_01 gp_love_story_02 green_porno_sex_to_die_for_02 gp_straight_02 bts_byers1 bts_compilation1 gp_sundance bts_isabella1 bts_shapiro1 bts_gilbert1

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:57:04 -0800

I don't know whether to be turned on or disturbed, but I seem to be somewhat both?!?

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:05:35 -0800

You just know she did all of those with David Lynch.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:18:01 -0800

I'm not wearing any exoskeleton.

By: taz

taz — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:18:28 -0800

Thanks, quiet!

By: squasha

squasha — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:10:27 -0800

*sniff* Green Porno is not available in your region...until July, maybe? On preview: I second that thanks, quiet! I adore The Rossellini.

By: steef

steef — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:18:49 -0800

Never have I ever wanted to click a link more.

By: CheeseDigestsAll

CheeseDigestsAll — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:27:47 -0800

A truly great book of bug sex (and more). She has a blog, too.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:35:14 -0800

The bee one is fucking terrifying.

By: Bathtub Bobsled

Bathtub Bobsled — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:09:14 -0800

This only proves my theory that David Lynch's madness is sexually transmitted.

By: eustatic

eustatic — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:31:47 -0800

I love the fly video. especially the end.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:43:06 -0800

Isabella Rossellini: Good Bugs: Bad My feelings are mixed.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:49:01 -0800

sigh... another post for people in the US only.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:53:22 -0800

"...'sorry but Green Porno is not available in your region' (I live in Asia)"... Apparently Canada is an alien nation, too. Oh well, it'll probably get here with the Zune.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:07:01 -0800

There's a dark turn at the end of "Fly" that I wasn't prepared for.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:21:04 -0800

Dave Foley kinda messed with my aesthetic appreciation of Isabella Rossellini by pointing out how much he looks like her.

By: eustatic

eustatic — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:23:08 -0800

Oh, I knew--I didn't expect it would be her head, but I was waiting for what she would do with maggots the whole time. She even skipped the whole egg-laying bit to get straight to the maggots.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:28:51 -0800

Oh well, it'll probably get here with the Zune. Unlike the Zune, it is actually worth having. Anyway, earthworms, while sexually very hot, are not insects. They are annelids.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:51:54 -0800

I've always wondered what that worm muff thing was. Ew.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:10:42 -0800

Snail: Love me! Love me! Hit me! Hit me!

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:44:25 -0800

The part that weirds me out most is she plays many of the porn roles cross-gender. Ie: she's the boy bug. Does that make it hotter?

By: horsewithnoname

horsewithnoname — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:46:44 -0800

Spider Isabella will DIG her palpae in your epigyne...and run off!

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:03:32 -0800

Pretty fly for a white gal.

By: Mental Wimp

Mental Wimp — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:26:36 -0800

Can't...help...it. Want...her...in...the...worst...way....

By: redbeard

redbeard — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:30:59 -0800

Indeed, I am only sorry that slug sex was not featured. For anyone who wonders why, look up the word apophallation. It's my new favorite word, right up there with defenestration. Careful, or I will apophallate you!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:32:47 -0800

There's a dark turn at the end of "Fly" that I wasn't prepared for. posted by ColdChef at 7:07 AM on May 7 [+] [!] This... from the mortician.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:53:25 -0800

Isabella is a goddess. She is. And a damn sexy one too, even as an earthworm. I would give up my fave pair of shoes (and I love my shoes) to have just an iota of her charisma. Woof.

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:01:51 -0800

This only proves my theory that David Lynch's madness is sexually transmitted. See, I was thinking she caught this just by being in the same room with Guy Maddin.

By: scrump

scrump — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:10:19 -0800

I think I'm in love.

By: PHINC

PHINC — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:39:55 -0800

I remember these from Jr High Sex ed!

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:03:55 -0800

Wait, hold the presses... I just watched it again, and is it me, or did she said a worm had a long, slimy body, "like a jew"???

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:05:18 -0800

uh, "did she SAY a worm HAS..." ah hell, that's what preview's for...

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:11:23 -0800

hahahahahaha, OMG, so I did a google search and someone else asked the same question and was met with the answer that she actually says, "like a tube", but with her accent, it comes out, "like a chube". Somehow, I must not be hearing the percussive 'b' at the end.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:57:10 -0800

Of course you realize this is all just furry pr0n... I mean you start with insects and it's all cool and weird and that but soon you'll be into dressing in a giant fox costume (not that there's anything wrong with that.)

By: tadellin

tadellin — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:37:31 -0800

Isabella Rosellini is an obvious freak. And I hate to tell you, but she is not hot anymore.

By: dasheekeejones

dasheekeejones — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:19:03 -0800

See what Lancome did to her?

By: bluefly

bluefly — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:24:56 -0800

Isabella Rosellini is an obvious freak. And I hate to tell you, but she is not hot anymore. I hope I'm just as freaky as she is at her age. Also, she might not be hot, but I think she's just so beautiful. I like that she's still doing really experimental, creative things. She's awesome.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:04:25 -0800

And I hate to tell you, but she is not hot anymore. God, what a stupid thing to say.