Porn Perspectives

Marilyn Chambers, star of the '70s porn classic Behind the Green Door, passed away over the weekend in her home. She was 57 and died of unknown causes.

She got her start as the face of Ivory Soap (99 adn 44/100% pure!), and was later dropped after her porn debut. Even though the film showed at Cannes Film Festival and received remarkably positive reviews, I suppose Ivory decided the quintessential virgin/whore wasn't the optimal face of soap.

I always admired Chambers for her smart business sense (she negotiated a hefty salary and a cut of the proceeds from Green Door) and her unrepentent attitude (she used her real first name, saying she was unashamed of what she did). I'm sorry her life came to a premature end.

As you may remember from an earlier post, Isabella Rossellini has created a series of educational sex films about animals called Green Porno for the Sundance Channel. They are educational, weird, and oddly poetic.

The films are now starting to become available over the web.

Check out Isabella explaining penises and vaginas here.

And here she is as a whale with a 6-foot long penis.

...and much, much more...