When the Sundance Channel wanted to break into the business of the “third screen” (the movie theater screen being first, TV being second, and computers, iPods and phones being third), they hired Isabella Rossellini to capture people’s attention. “I thought, ‘capture people’s attention?’ Sex!” she mused in an interview. Insect sex, that is. In a series of eight shorts, Rossellini writes, directs and stars as several different species, including a praying mantis, snail, and a worm, copulating. The films combine a costumed Rossellini and live-action animation, and while they get quite graphic, the use of puppets and the naive tone she takes with her stories make them appear very PG-13. But there’s plenty for fans of Blue Velvet, too.
May 15th, 2008 | Alex Padalka | 0 comments | Continued