Wednesday, April 8, 2009

animals and insects

I read an NPR story on Monday about Green Porno, which is neither actually green nor pornography but rather, a series of shorts created by Isabella Rossellini and available on the Sundance Channel website. They discuss the mating and sexual behavior of various sea creatures and bugs and they are AWESOME. Aaron and Nick and I watched a bunch of them the other night and we laughed as well as learned (did you know that snails have both a who-ha and a thingy?). Plus her accent is so adorable and the costumes and sets are mostly paper so they are very delicious visually.

My personal favorite is the whale episode...because OH MY GOSH.

6 comments:

Katie Elaine said...

i just read an article about this in the New Yorker and wanted to watch some, but then I worried about looking up "green porno" on youtube. I'm glad someone else has braved it. Maybe I'll give it a try.

marshall p said...

weird. we were watching that on monday night at bryton's!

Jamie said...

Emily - Adam and I watched these last week in horror and amusement. She's so weird and crazy! I like it!

CoCo said...

I watched these last month and had similar thoughts. Man. Too bad we are not closer b/c we could really combine forces for the greater.

i i eee said...

oooh this is now my new favorite!

Amanda said...

you always introduce me to things I absolutely love that I never would have found without you! I love the green porno! Silly and artistic, two things I adore.