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Isabella Rossellini on Animal Mating Rituals, "Conclave", and the Reaction to "Blue Velvet"

Isabella Rossellini on Animal Mating Rituals, "Conclave", and the Reaction to "Blue Velvet"

Locarno Meets
Sep 28, 2026 22 min
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<p>Isabella Rossellini has never settled on a single job title: actress, supermodel, fashion designer, farmer, holder of a master&#39;s degree in animal behaviour. Upon receiving the Excellence Award in Locarno, she joined us to talk the silence of &quot;Conclave&quot;, how her fascination with animal courtship rituals turned into her cult series &quot;Green Porno,&quot; the &quot;nightmare&quot; reputation that followed her after David Lynch&#39;s &quot;Blue Velvet&quot;, and how director Robert Zemeckis proved just as experimental on set as her father, Roberto Rossellini.</p>

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