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(from Vilner
Press Release) Italian Job
“You know, Charlie, there are two kinds of thieves in this world:
The ones who steal to enrich their lives, and the ones who steal to
define their lives. Don't be the latter. Makes you miss out on
what's really important in this life.”
This is what Donald Sutherland told Mark Wahlberg, once their
characters in Italian Job walked off with $35 million in gold
bullions during a jewelry burglary, acted out on Venice’s channels.
Then, accompanied by the rather beautiful Charlize Theron, they
launch out into a new robbery of these very same bullions. In the
supporting roles we see three Mini Coopers S, which the movie
characters use to sneak through the tunnels of the subway, in the
sewerage tubes and through the city traffic jam.
Italian Job is one of
the coolest robbery action movies, along with Mission Impossible and
Ocean 11. But only the Job offers breath-taking car chases. Which
makes us want one of those Minis even more. Small, powerful, fast
and maneuvering. The perfect street hooligans.
However, anyone who has
driven a Mini knows that the interior of this roofed cart is too
plastic for an exceptional car, such as the Mini Cooper. Here,
Vilner Studio steps quite successfully in the Italian Job project.
Vilner has to prove that the Mini’s plastic crate may turn into a
really luxurious salon. And to discretely stress on the small
Cooper’s design in order to turn it into an actor, ready for the
supporting role in the next remake of Italian Job.
In order to design
luxury in the interior, Vilner chose brown Nappa leather, the same
used in Bentley’s factory in the English county of Cheshire. Yes,
this car’s interior smells like the same expensive leather used for
upholstering the salons of the modern Bentleys. This leather and the
skills of Vilner’s craftsmen give this Mini’s interior color and
texture. They are achieved with an attractive combination between
the brown Nappa leather and two colors of high-tech Alcantara.
The main figured
patterns in the salon are the rhombs. They are exactly the same as
the ones which greet each owner of Bentley. We see them on the
seats, as well as in the doors. The rhomb pattern continues also
under the form of an arch, cutting through the Alcantara covered
ceiling. The doors have gained elements of smooth black leather and
the original plastic is sprayed in sparkling grey. Remember this
color; later on you will meet it again!
Although built mainly of
solid plastic, the panel is one of the most specific elements in
today’s Minis. The funky sensation is rendered by a puzzle of
different shapes that flow into one another. Each piece of this
puzzle enjoys individual attention under the form of new facing.
Only for the puzzle, the specialists in Vilner Studio have used a
total of 4 types of materials – a two-color combination of classic
Nappa and Alcantara leather, inlaid with white seams. Even the
rear-view mirror enjoys attention – it also stands out by its new
facing of brown combination of leather and Alcantara.
On the outside, our
Italian Job attracts attention like every movie star with fine
prospects. The effect is achieved with a combination of grey polish,
covered with matting foil with pearl effect and black mat. This play
with the covers and colors is supplemented with a couple of racing
lines, crossing through the middle of the coupe. All elements
shining in chromium in the standard Mini (the tank cap, rings around
the headlights and stop lamps, door handles, 18-inch wheel-rims) are
matted in black to underline the hooligan appearance of this puppy.
This whole composition
of craftsmanship, skills and specific style is supplemented by an
unostentatious but definitely noticeable number on the doors. 01. In
order to suggest to the slow wits who, after all, is No. 1.
