ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Green Porno -Un Bestiaire d’Amour-

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
in
Green Porno
-Un Bestiaire d’Amour-
A conference about the sexuality of insects
written by
Isabella Rossellini and Jean-Claude Carrière
with the guidance of Muriel Mayette
Creation: May 2013
Tour: Summer 2013

FOREWORD
"I have always loved animals. I am particularly fascinated by the diversity in
nature. My family knows it well. Since I was a little girl I brought home all kinds of
stray cats and dogs, but also worms, frogs, insects and read a great deal of books
about animals and took many biology courses at the University.
Since my work has been first as a fashion model, then as an actress this interest of
mine remained not known to the public. But when my carrier evolved further to
include writing and directing films, biology became my main source of inspiration.
Encouraged by actor-filmmaker Robert Redford who is tremendously supportive of
experimental, independent films and also very interested in Nature, I made
short comical films about animals : “Green Porno” is about animal reproduction,
“Seduce Me” about different courtship strategies and “Mammas” about differed ways
among animals of being mothers.
“This is what we artists do- comment Redford about my films - We tell serious things
in the most accessible, entertain way".
The great Jean Claude Carriere, who is writing the theatrical comical version about
my interest in nature, said about the wonderment of nature, “How can we ever be
bored? Indeed, biology is the greatest show on Earth".
Isabella Rossellini
Who invented sex? Why and how?
Isabella Rossellini and Jean-Claude Carrière try to answer those questions
observing the natural world from pachyderms to bugs.
How surprising! How bizarre! Males eaten right after reproduction, one’s
sperm blown away by another male’s within the female vagina itself, wild orgies,
fierce fights, dances, seductions, extravagances, unexplainable acrobatics, deadly
enigmas, perversions, pregnant males, new born being eaten alive…It’s as if nature
has willingly multiplied the tracks to create confusion. It’s as if life, to allow
reproduction, would play a dangerous and chaotic game, the rules of which are
settled by we don’t know who and differ depending on the species.
Legs abandoned drifting away by the river, ready for the sperm of a meeting.
Salmons mating in the river where they were born just before dislocation and death.
The queen of termites can engender workers as well as warriors, according to the
needs of her group… Snails, being hermaphrodites, tease themselves with a stinger
before the act. The female of an aquatic worm isolates herself in a 10 holes shell, only
one hole being the right one. The male has to spread his sperm into each hole and
eventually dies exhausted, his task fulfilled.
Life being passed down whatever the cost, offers an intriguing and scaring
show leading to the unavoidable question: what about us? Where are we standing?

The text, written by Jean-Claude Carrière, will be read and performed by
Isabella Rossellini.
The conference about the mating in the natural world will be interrupted on
several occasions by 2 minutes long short movies directed by Isabella Rossellini in
which she plays a fly, a duck, a calmar or a bug. She will comment upon them live.
Pre-selected animals (for the existing shorts): the snail, the worm, the fly, the
shrimp, the deadly spider, the praying-mantis, the anchovy, the bi-phallic snake.
Jean-Claude CARRIERE
Links towards the short films of Green Porn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WtftQ7AbEw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnfW0Olo80c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4MvqVaVNA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xyI292Hy_o&feature=related

BIOGRAPHY of Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini had a long career
as a model, lasting 25 years, 14 of
which working as face of the
Lancôme cosmetic company.
As an actress, she is best known for
films such as "Blue Velvet"
and "Sailor and Lula" directed by
David Lynch. She also worked with
directors such as Robert Zemeckis in
" Death Becomes her", Peter Weir in
" Fearless", John Schlesinger in "
The Innocent", Stanley Tucci and
Campbell Scott's " Big Night".
Isabella was recently seen in the
romantic comedy « Late Bloomers »
by Julie Gavras also starringWilliam
Hurt, « Keyhole » by Guy Maddin,
« Chicken with Plums » by Marjane
Satrapi, « The Solitude of Prime
Numbers » by Saverio Costanzo, and
« Du Vent dans mes Mollets » by
Corine Tardieu.
With her movie « My Dad is 100 years old», tribute to her father, Isabella made her
debut wiriting the screenplay, co-directed with Guy Maddin .
In 2008 engouraged by actor/director Robert Redford, Isabella starts writing and
directing a series of short films for his TV Channel Sundance. GREEN PORNO a
comical and theatrical approach to teach the mating habits in the natural world, has a
huge success that lead to other series always on the subject of animals: "Seduce
Me", 'Mammas" and a TV one hour special for Discovery Channel " Animals Distract
Me".
She is the daughter of the Academy Award-winning Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman
("Casablanca," "Anastasia," "Autumn Sonata") and the groundbreaking, iconic Italian
film director Roberto Rossellini, who made film history with "Rome, Open City."
Isabella was born in Rome et spent her childhood bewteen Rome and Paris. She
came to New York at the age of 19 to study English and attend College and settled in
the city . She holds dual United States and Italian citizenship.

BIOGRAPHY of Jean-Claude CARRIERE
Jean-Claude Carrière has been exploring all fields of the contemporary expression for
over 50 years.
He made his debuts in the movies by the side of Jacques Tati and Pierre Etaix,
writing screenplays for Luis Buñuel ("Belle de Jour" , "Le charme discret de la
bourgeoisie"), Milos Forman ("Taking off", "Valmont"), Volker Schlondorff ("Le
Tambour"), Jacques Deray ("La Piscine", "Borsalino"), Louis Malle (" Viva Maria",
"Milou en mai"), Jean-Paul Rappeneau ("Cyrano de Bergerac"), Michaël Haneke ("Le
Ruban blanc".)
He writes his own plays for the theatre ("L'aide-mémoire"), and also worked
with Peter Brook for 34 years, writing in particular "La Conférence des oiseaux" and
"Le Mahabharata".
He wrote a dozen movies for the TV among which 3 were awarded by a 7 d'or
(" La Controverse de Valladolid", in particular.)
He also wrote opera booklets, and some for musicals ("Quel que soit le songe",
by Hanna Schygullah) and several songs some sung by Juliette Greco.
He's also the author of many books among which "Le Vin bourru","Fragilité", a
"Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Inde", another about Mexico. His last book is untitled
"Désordre". He's working on numerous projects.