Run Lola Run
1999 ‘Lola Rennt’ Directed by Tom Tykwer
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Every second of every day you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
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What if I told you that I knew of a film that explores the battle between free will and determinism, deconstructs both luck and chance as two very distinct concepts, examines the effects of chaos theory, and briefly flirts with the supernatural, all in an accessible and highly entertaining way? What if I then told you that said film accomplished all of these things, and much more, within a running time that falls just shy of 75 minutes? If you’ve never seen Run Lola Run before, you’d either think me a liar or mad. Whilst the second of those accusations may well be true, that is nothing more than coincidence because the film I’ve…
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Gets better everytime. At only 75 minutes it truly is "all killer no filler".
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After nearly drowning in the trendiness of this picture when it was first released, I decided to go back and give it another look. It’s definitely a movie that values style over substance, but the story is much more interesting than I remembered. It’s enough to keep you wanting to wind through the plot. And wind you will.
15 years ago this was a film people talked about in the same awed tones that people had talked about Pulp Fiction a few years earlier, the way that people talk about films like Memento or Inception. And it really was a brilliant and simple idea.
It dropped on America like a bomb and took over where Danny Boyle's early work left…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Oh my days.
Why have I only just watched this?!?
It's literally been in my possession in an unofficial 'to watch' pile for about 2 years and something I've been meaning to watch since '99. Why on earth didn't I get more proactive?!
Anyway, I've finally watched and I love it. It's vibrant, fast, unbelievably 90s European in tone, doesn't outstay its welcome at just 80 minutes and plays out like a video game with its numerous attempts at getting Lola to Manni safely.
I like the mishmash of bold styles from the director; cartoon, polariod snaps detailing secondary characters possible lives, dual screens etc all accompanied to a cracking score. Franka Potente is amazing and watching her run, for a bloke, is a bit of a joy. She has a lovely bum!
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This gets my heart racing every single time. Oh, the soundtrack is just perfect.
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Really interesting movie and a little offbeat, Run Lola Run is a fun film which showcases the same day, played out three times differently depending on the character being slightly early or late.
I didn't think this was as great as a lot of people make it out to be, but it definitely is very intriguing and well-made.
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Lola learns to hate running and she runs many, many times... many, many times...
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Director Tom Tykwer's lean, relentlessly paced German action film with a formidable reputation is much, much deeper than its 80-minute running time.
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I found this movie to be all over place. For such a short film there feels like a lot of padding, I also really didn't like the animated sections. Run Lola Run is a classic case of liking the idea of the film more than the film itself.
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Whether you look at it as a meditation on chance vs. will, a deconstruction of chaos theory, or just a good old-fashioned action-thriller mindfuck, Run Lola Run is a wonderful entertainment, pitched and edited at a seductively relentless pace. Energetic is not the word. Franka Potente is superb in the lead role; Tykwer does a fantastic job, delivering a clever, engaging screenplay and putting it to screen in a pitch-perfect manner.
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Mindbender here, the mixed in animation is rad. Also chick from Bourne series.
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The first twenty minutes of this film was an amazing acid trip of "what the fuckery". Unfortunately after the first cycle it doesn't escalate any further, allowing us to acclimatise to the weirdo shit and focus on the plot which is unfortunately not very strong.
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The Nineties called, they want their 100,000 Mark back.
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