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Special Effects Artist Solon Luigi Colani Leaves Mark on Major Movies, Including Berlinale Pic ‘Dying’
Solon Luigi Colani eclectic special effect designs have graced such major movies as 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Rush' and 'Blade Runner 2049.'
Initially focused on firework displays for weddings, birthday parties and other live events, the company eventually moved into film when Colani was hired to assist on “Inglourious Basterds,” for which he built electronic flame control consoles used in a key scene. Colani’s eclectic designs span centuries, from the rotating canon system used by Luke Evans’ Aramis to attack the Tower of London from an airship in the 2011 swashbuckling epic “The Three Musketeers” to the ceiling-mounted hologram projector that brought Ryan Gosling’s character’s AI girlfriend to life in “Blade Runner 2049.” “‘Renegades’ was another cool project because I got to build a military variant of an MD 500 helicopter.” Colani made the carrying wing, mounting hardware, two fake machine guns and rocket pods that could be attached to a civilian version of the helicopter used on the shoot in Croatia.
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