Run, Lola, Run
July 1st 2009 15:09
Dir: Tom Tykwer
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Romance
Running Time: 81 mins
Released in 1998, this multi award winning film is one for the collection. Written and Directed by Tom Tykwer, (Director of The International released 2009) stars Franka Potente as Lola (four years before she made The Bourne Identity(2002)), and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni, the boyfriend who loses one hundred thousand Deutschmarks belonging to a local gangster.
This German Language film is subtitled for English speaking audiences, and is a gem of a mind-bending trip through potentials and possibilities based on the premise that the Universe changes course at the slightest whim.
Tykwer uses a wide range of techniques to engage us with his use of clever imagery from slow motion to stills photography, scene repetition, but not always exactly as observed before. He includes clever animation and a wide assortment of music to carry the plot – along with some bizarre plot twists.
He sets the action against the relationship between the two lead characters. Lola and Manni mirror our tendency to imagine the worst of difficult situations in which we might find ourselves. Each scenario that we witness has Lola running to save her boyfriend in the twenty minutes or so, before he stupidly robs a local supermarket to get the cash he needs. Inevitably someone ends up dead, until we reach the third scenario. Although you want everything to work out, Tykwer still keeps you guessing right to the end.
This film is worth much more than the effort it takes to read the subtitles, and these are surprisingly not distracting at all – the film moves at the speed Lola runs, and Franka Potente shows us in this film, substantial early promise later seen in Blow, Bourne Identity and as the tragic Christina in Romulus My Father. Expect to see more of this superb actress in more English Language films in the future.
This film remains an all time favourite of mine. It is ‘Big Dipper Ride’ of a movie. Watch out for it on cable or get hold of a copy on DVD. You won’t regret it.
Rating: 4 /5
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Romance
Running Time: 81 mins
Franka Potente as Lola
Released in 1998, this multi award winning film is one for the collection. Written and Directed by Tom Tykwer, (Director of The International released 2009) stars Franka Potente as Lola (four years before she made The Bourne Identity(2002)), and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni, the boyfriend who loses one hundred thousand Deutschmarks belonging to a local gangster.
This German Language film is subtitled for English speaking audiences, and is a gem of a mind-bending trip through potentials and possibilities based on the premise that the Universe changes course at the slightest whim.
Tykwer uses a wide range of techniques to engage us with his use of clever imagery from slow motion to stills photography, scene repetition, but not always exactly as observed before. He includes clever animation and a wide assortment of music to carry the plot – along with some bizarre plot twists.
He sets the action against the relationship between the two lead characters. Lola and Manni mirror our tendency to imagine the worst of difficult situations in which we might find ourselves. Each scenario that we witness has Lola running to save her boyfriend in the twenty minutes or so, before he stupidly robs a local supermarket to get the cash he needs. Inevitably someone ends up dead, until we reach the third scenario. Although you want everything to work out, Tykwer still keeps you guessing right to the end.
This film is worth much more than the effort it takes to read the subtitles, and these are surprisingly not distracting at all – the film moves at the speed Lola runs, and Franka Potente shows us in this film, substantial early promise later seen in Blow, Bourne Identity and as the tragic Christina in Romulus My Father. Expect to see more of this superb actress in more English Language films in the future.
This film remains an all time favourite of mine. It is ‘Big Dipper Ride’ of a movie. Watch out for it on cable or get hold of a copy on DVD. You won’t regret it.
Rating: 4 /5
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