THANKS to Joyeria Juncal

We have had a lot of support in Jerez de la Frontera from people in the community with our shooting of Domino.  This is partly because the topic is dear to the heart of people here (lots and lots of people are suffering because of the economic crisis).

To be truthful, however, it is due even more to the huge number of friends that Antonio de la Malena, our star, has in the city of Jerez.  That he is charming is also a help.

Antonio de la Malena, playing Luis, counts the money for the ring he's pawned.

As a result, the jewelry store/pawn shop is another one of the small businesses which have allowed us to shoot on their premises, and in this case, the founder and owner's father played the part of the shop owner.  He knows his stuff, so when our star needed to ask for a price for a ring he was trying to pawn (this is part of the script, NOT the real life of Antonio de la Malena), we got a great performance of testing the ring's purity, weighing it, giving a price for it, and so forth.

All very realistic, which is exactly what we want.

So--we thank Francisco Juncal the younger for his willingness to let us film in his shop, and his father Francisco Juncal the elder for playing the part of the owner.  We've ended up with a great scene, not only because of the realism (and the good acting on the part of Antonio de la Malena) but also because Francisco Juncal the elder wore a bright orange sweater.  It looks really good on film, especially since the shop itself is attractive and brightly lit.

When I said bring orange sweater, I meant bright orange sweater.

OUR NEXT BLOG will be about--remember our experimental short, "Two Streets & Adela"?  Well....

WHOOPS. I'm now overwhelmed with other kinds of news.

Perhaps I should be careful about saying how great things are.  Shortly after posting the last blog about how good things were, I injured my back (third time in six months) and have been unable to work at the computer.  I'm still not fully recovered but am getting back to normal.

And as if that weren't enough, the Spanish government has lost one of my important documents, which will make it difficult for me to travel to Berlin to attend the festival.  I won't know whether or not things can be straightened out in time until at least Tuesday.

The festival takes place in Berlin's Rathaus Schoeneberg (city hall)--here it is in 1895.

Next, the pilots of Iberia Airlines have gone on a one-month strike, and you guessed it...my ticket to Berlin is with Iberia.  So if I get my documents straightened out, it's unclear if there will be an airplane available to take me there.  Maybe I'll just walk.

But on the other hand, I DO have a reservation in a bed and breakfast in Berlin (3 metro stops away from the festival, and I don't speak German).  My fingers are crossed on this.

And here's the Rauhaus Schoeneberg today.

Once more, here is the LINK to the festival, showing our entry on the program--A Zest for Life:  Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz.  Scroll down to the bottom of the page.  We're on at 10pm.

In other news, we are moving forward on the television version of Domino:  Caught in the Crisis, and our experimental short, Two Streets and Adela, should be airing in the San Francisco Bay Area in the near future over Peralta TV.

OUR NEXT POST will be our Thanks to the Joyeria Juncal in Jerez, where we filmed an important scene for Domino.