The motorized shooting crane used in Hollywood action movies and known in the industry as “Russian Arm” has been renamed to honor the country where its creator hails: Ukraine.
The gyro-stabilized system placed on the roof of a car is used to add a more dynamic perspective to scenes of car chases and stampedes, allowing the audience to step into the shoes of the action heroes.
It is a tool widely used in blockbusters such as “Fast and Furious”, “Black Widow”, or in practically any movie starring Tom Cruise.
The mechanism was dubbed the “Russian Arm” in the early 1990s when it was created by the kyiv-based Filmotechnic company.
But in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine this has changed.
“The new official name of Filmotechnic’s world famous system is now U-CRANE,” the company’s US subsidiary announced on Instagram in February. The new name is a play on words in English, a language in which the crane is called ‘Crane’.
The change is “in honor of [su] country of origin [Ucrania] and his heroic battle against Russian aggression”.
“This gyro-stabilized crane system was developed and built in Ukraine by Filmotechnic and will continue to be built in kyiv for many years to come!” the company added.
According to Variety magazine, the first to report on the change, Filmotechnic has a payroll of about 250 people in kyiv, the capital of Ukraine currently under attack.
Kevin Descheemaeker, the company’s representative in the United States, said the system was no longer called “Russian Arm” to pay tribute to the company’s Ukrainian employees and to Filmotechnic’s owner, Ukrainian engineer Anatoliy Kokush, who designed and won an Oscar. by this mechanism.
“I have written to our international group to remove all signage bearing that name from our vehicles and websites, and to stop using the #hugger tag,” Descheemaeker said in a statement.
“As a group we consider U-CRANE to be a more respectful alternative.”
Russian forces have been attacking Ukraine for three weeks, forcing millions of civilians to flee their homes, many of them having to flee to other countries.
The invading forces have been accused of attacking schools, hospitals and theaters, ignoring the rules of conflict that dictate that civilians do not have to face the horrors of war. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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