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Run Lola Run

            
             The film " Run Lola Run " starts with the "X file cinema " logo, after this the film goes to a black screen with a pendulum swinging across it, time will be a key motif in the film. The credits role behind the pendulum and music starts playing; at first the music is orchestral. .
             In the credits we see photos of all the characters in the film with the actors names next to them. This is used as a device to familiarise and introduce the key players to the audience and fix their images in our mind. We are shown a quote from T.S Elliot that gives away little information of what is to come.
             The beginning if this film gives the viewer a lot of information, we have been introduced to the characters, and the soundtrack is modern and electronic with a driving breakbeat. It gives the audience an idea of the style and tone. The music adds pace to the film and is a driving force as we see Lola running through the streets of a German city.
             The camera spirals down and we are then led through a blurry crowd. We are shown the main characters. We then hear an omniscient narrator questioning life and the ideals of destiny and fate. This again highlights the key motifs and sets up expectations for issues that may be tackled later on.
             The camera leads to a security guard who features later on in the film. The security guard opens the film by talking about a football game. He then kicks the ball into the air as if signalling the start of a game and then shouts " here we go". The opening gives no information of plot or setting.
             The way the guard speaks makes it seem as if we are being taken on a journey. The camera follows the ball into the air and the people just seem like small flecks on the white background, they move to form the film's title. It is clear that this is not a scene from real time. The beginning of the film does not set up a sense of normality and differs greatly from the traditional Hollywood texts.


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1. Narrative on Run Lola Run

Narrative Lola Narrative The movie "Run Lola Run" was written and directed by Tom Tykwer and stars Franka Potente as Lola, who needs to acquire 100,000 marks in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life. ... In all of the possible futures, we see Lola running and passing by the same people and places and each time something different happens to Lola and to the people around her. ... Early in the film, Manni say to Lola, "Love can do anything." ... There is ample evidence to support both meanings of "Run Lola Run." ... The explicit meaning of "Love can do anything" and the implicit me...

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2. Movie Summary - Run Lola Run

The multi-linear narrative structure of "Run Lola Run" challenges the idea that a situation can be resolved in only one way. ... Interactive games generally take the form of multi-linear narratives, which is why "Run Lola Run" has been compared to a video game. ... "Run Lola Run" starts off with a very simple premise. ... "Run Lola Run" offers three alternative narratives, each comprising the same story, but told in contrasting ways. ... Run Lola Run is an example of formalist narrative. ...

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3. Run Lola Run

After watching the film Run Lola Run I am in many ways reminded of the ripples on the surface of water when a rock is thrown into a lake. ... Comparatively, through Lola's continuous striving, you can see the each time she deliberately alters a simple action in her life a significant change occurs. ... One example of Lola's actions affecting others in the movie immensely includes her encounter with the woman on the corner of the street. ... I was never truly able to determine whether he was aware of each time Lola changed the past. ...

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4. Run Lola Run

After watching the film Run Lola Run I am in many ways reminded of the ripples on the surface of water when a rock is thrown into a lake. ... Comparatively, through Lola's continuous striving, you can see the each time she deliberately alters a simple action in her life a significant change occurs. ... One example of Lola's actions affecting others in the movie immensely includes her encounter with the woman on the corner of the street. ... I was never truly able to determine whether he was aware of each time Lola changed the past. ...

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5. Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run, Run Lola Run, Run Lola Run It is rare to find a film so driven by its own vehicle; a film in which every piece of music, cinematography, and effect is used to further the story line. Run Lola Run is such a film. ... Run Lola Run approaches this problem differently than in most film; by examining the characters different approaches in each scene and how this effects their outcome. ... Lola begins the first scene wondering aloud if Manni loves her. ... It lends to the audience the sense of urgency and the pressing time frame under which Lola is working, and we are not allowed ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Run Lola Run - Concept of Reality

(Run Lola Run is a film that constantly questions the concept of reality. ... Run Lola Run is a film that constantly questions and explores the concept of reality. ... After the end of each run, we get a hint that Lola does not return exactly to her initial state, and appears to carry some vague knowledge if her experience in the past runs. ... In the final run, Lola wins 100,000 marks in the Casino, and Manni also happens to find the bum that has his cash bag. ... Run Lola Run is certainly a film that over and over asks the audience the question "what really is reality". ...

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7. Run lola run reflection

Unfortunately, even if Lola has the determination and strong love for Manni, these are not enough for Lola to succeed as evidenced by the failures of her first and second tries at this game. ... Here, Lola gets on to an excellent start. ... In the first two tries, Lola unintentionally bumps into an old woman with a baby cart, causing the old woman cursing Lola angrily behind her back. ... He was on the verge of tears as he explained to Lola about his unfortunate incident and even angrily blamed Lola for what happened, which further exemplified that he is not mature in some ways. ... When Lola ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

8. run lola run reflection

Unfortunately, even if Lola has the determination and strong love for Manni, these are not enough for Lola to succeed as evidenced by the failures of her first and second tries at this game. ... Here, Lola gets on to an excellent start. ... In the first two tries, Lola unintentionally bumps into an old woman with a baby cart, causing the old woman cursing Lola angrily behind her back. ... He was on the verge of tears as he explained to Lola about his unfortunate incident and even angrily blamed Lola for what happened, which further exemplified that he is not mature in some ways. ... When Lol...

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  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: High School

9. Lola Rennt

Tyker, the director and screenplay of 1999's spectacular German film Lola Rennt, engineered a cinematic masterpiece with this aforementioned flick. ... The most appealing aspect of Lola Rennt, at least in my personal opinion, was the great emphasis placed on both time itself and the timing of certain events. ... For example, during one of these three instances Lola opts to run straight across a courtyard, whereas during one of the remaing two journeys she makes the choice to take a more diagonal sort of path. ... Yet another one of the more interesting aspects of Lola Rennt, this again...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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