Egret
Were the scenes with the egret improvised or scripted? Was it a wild egret that happened to fly onto the set, or was it a trained bird from a zoo or wildlife park?
shareThe movie is largely unscripted, with only basic daily instructions from the director on what activities he'd like to see, etc. The egret was definitely a coincidence, it's wild.
shareYes, and if you see either of the two regrettably very short interviews on youtube with director Gonzalez-Rubio, you'll realize that an artist as authentic and sensitive as he would never tolerate the use of a trained animal in a movie like this one anyway, which he considers to be purely "organic."
shareOne of the credits at the end is "Blanquita- Garza Silvestre". Any idea what this means?
(One reviewer made the rather opaque comment that credit suggests some "egret wrangling", but didn't provide any more detail about just what was meant.)
Garza Silvestra is an actor and director. My best guess is that he did have something to do with Blanquita, whether as a trainer/wrangler or what I cannot establish. The egret was certainly accustomed to human contact and had no overt fear of them.
shareA Garza is a bird, an Egret or a Heron. Silvestre means its wild. Blanquita, was a wild egret, i.e. no animal trainer, no scripting.
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