Heather mottl
Art 104
Foster
5/16/2016
Run Lola Run
1. Time is manipulated in this film in several ways. The first being the main storyline as soon as something bad happens they rewind and do it over in a different way. The first run-through of the story Lola ends up getting there too late and Manni robbed the store and it ends with Lola dying. So they got a redo, but on the second run through and ends with Manni dying. On the third run-through everything manages to go right and both of them survive and end up with $100,000.
The next way the time is manipulated is by showing the different possibilities of the people that she interacts with while she’s running to get to Manni. The one that stood out the most in my mind is when Lola ran into
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By limiting the story totaling 20 minutes everything is portrayed in real time. So we see Lola literally run to try and save Manni’s life.
2. The manipulation of time affects our understanding by allowing us to go with Lola on all three runs, by allowing us to see all of the different options and outcomes. It gives us a deeper understanding of the characters both major and minor after each run. For example. You learn different things about her father and his mistress in each of the runs. You learn different things about Lola in each of the runs. And in between each of the runs you get a scene between Lola and Manny talking about their relationship, and the way that they feel about each other.
3. Most American films follow the basic film paradigm, or three act structure, with the setup confrontation and resolution. In run Lola run, there is no classic structure. It starts off with an introduction and goes through a classic storyline, and then rewinds, goes through two more classic storylines before finally having a ending. It’s actually really cool to watch because each time she goes through a run she learns something and changes her behaviors based off of it. It’s almost like watching someone play a video game and restarting it when they mess
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