Run Lola Run Essay

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German: Lola rennt) is 1998 German thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer, and starring FrankaPotenteas Lola and Moritz Bleibtreuas Manni. The film’s three scenarios are reminiscent of the 1981 Krzysztof Kieslowski film Blind Chance; following Kieslowski’s death, Tykwer directed his planned film Heaven. The film was released on DVD on 21 December 1999and on Blu-ray on 19 February 2008. Run Lola Run screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion. Following its release, the film received critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Grand Prixof the BelgianSyndicate of Cinema Critics, the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and seven awardsat the German Film Awards. It was also selected …show more content…

She leaps over the punk and his dog. She avoids the woman with the baby carriage, who is in flash-forward joins a church and devotes herself to God. Lola also narrowly misses the cyclist; he offers his bike to the homeless man (the man that took Manni’s bag in the subway train). Lola falls into the glass of Mr. Meier’s car, preventing his car accident with the white car, which he then goes to Lola’s father and pick him. While Lola is running to her father’s bank, she sees them drive away. She tries to stop them but they didn’t see or even hear her. She continues running and is nearly run over by a truck. She then stops and sees a casino across the street. Having only 99 marks, she convinces the cashier to give her a 100 mark chip. She wins two times (over than 100,000 marks) , in the first time she wins by her luck and in the second time she wins by her voice! She screams and she wins! At the same time, Manni spots the homeless man passing by on a bike, with his bag in the basket. Manni takes back his bag of money and in return he gives the homeless man his gun. Lola arrived to Manni’s place but she cannot find him. She then sees a car pull up. Manni and Ronnie get out of the car and shake hands. Manni joins Lola and asks her what is in the bag she is carrying. The film ends with a freeze-frame on Lola’s …show more content…

Movies about characters on the run usually involve a linear story, but this one is basically about running and about the way that movie action sequences have a life and logic of their own. I would not want to see a sequel to the film, and at 81 minutes it isn’t a second too short, but what it does, it does cheerfully, with great energy, and very well. Combining the best elements of a mainstream blockbuster with low-budget European sensibilities, Twyker has created breathlessly exhilarating cinema that will satisfy multiplex-goers as well as arthouse lovers, in other words, exactly the sort of movie that Britain ought to be

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