Critical Writing Index

Bug Eyed: Green Porno directed by Isabella Rossellini and Jody Shapiro

by Robert Enright

Border Crossings, Feb. 2008, v. 27, no. 105, pp. 26-27

The human interest in insects is at the heart of Robert Enright's article on the recent film of Isabella Rossallini entitled Green Porno. Rossallini's project is a series of eight shorts focusing on the sex lives of insects. Rossallini is both the creator and manifestation of the inscects. She also directed three of the shorts, and Jody Sahpiro directed the final five. The films were commissioned by the Sundance Channel. Each short is under two minutes and the viewer can expect to experience many buggy copulations, including sado-masochism, soixante-neuf and hermaphrodism.

ITEM 2008.032 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Green Porno – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro

Firefly – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro

Spider – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro

Dragonfly – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro

Fly – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro

Bee – Isabella Rossallini and Jody Shapiro