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Isabella Rossellini

Film clips & conversation, hosted by Roy Eisenhardt

Thursday, November 19, 2009  |  Herbst Theatre, 8pm

Actress, model and director Isabella Rossellini has appeared in more than 40 films in the course of her career. Rossellini is the daughter of the Academy Award-winning Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the groundbreaking Italian film director Robert Rossellini, who made film history with "Rome, Open City." From a starring role in David Lynch's cult classic "Blue Velvet," to guest appearances on "30 Rock" and "Alias," Rossellini has delivered fearless, nuanced performances. In 2008 Robert Redford's Sundance Institute commissioned Rossellini to make a series of short films to address the issues of the environment. For her first series, she chose the mating habits of bugs and called her short films GREEN PORNO, which has been celebrated in film festivals here and abroad. For her second series, which involves sea creatures, Rossellini took courses in biology at New York University. Most recently, Rossellini has written a book entitled GREEN PORNO that includes a DVD of the short films. Rossellini is also a wildlife activist and dedicated trainer of Labrador puppies for the blind. She has written three books, Some of Me, Looking at Me, and In the Name of the Father, the Daughter and the Holy Spirits: Remembering Roberto Rossellini. Her recent films are "The Accidental Husband," "My Winnipeg," and "Two Lovers."

Veteran interviewer Roy Eisenhardt practiced law for twelve years in San Francisco and taught at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. He was President of the Oakland Athletics and served as the Executive Director for the California Academy of Sciences.

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