Lola 1981 Movie

[Vikki Nagindas]

Thesenotes on Fassbinder's Lola (1981) were written by Tim Brayton, PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Arts at UW Madison. A 35mm print of Lola will screen in our Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen Fassbinder series on Sunday, December 9 at 2 p.m. in the Chazen Museum of Art's Auditorium.

Original U.S. One-Sheet Poster for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film LOLA (1981). The film stars Mario Adorf, Barbara Sukowa and Charles Bronson. MovieArt Austin guarantees that this poster is an authentic and fully original U.S. one-sheet poster for this film. MovieArt Austin does not sell reproductions.

RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER - Director

Barbara Sukowa - Actor

Mario Adorf - Actor

The Lola T530 had dominated the first half of 1980 but two teams had proved quicker in the second half of the season, VDS and Brad Frisselle Racing, and they maintained their momentum going into 1981. VDS produced their own car, VDS-001, based on the Lola T530 chassis but with all-new suspension and bodywork. Frisselle did not have the money for a full effort in 1981 but produced several customer cars and one of these, driven by Garvin Brown Racing's Danny Sullivan, won the high-profile race at Caesars Palace in October.

After the collapse of his deal with Chevron in 1980, Paul Newman had gone to March and ordered three new 817s for Al Unser and Italian F2 driver Teo Fabi. Fabi proved incredibly fast and Unser quickly retreated to CART, to be replaced by Can-Am regular Bobby Rahal. The Lola T530s were utterly eclipsed. Brabham used his in the first few races and won at Road Amerca before the VDS-001 was ready and Sullivan had some limited success in his car before renting the Frissbee but for the Carl Haas team, dominant for the last seven seasons of F5000/Can-Am, everything went wrong. The revised T532 was wrecked before it could prove itself and driver Jeff Wood was out of his depth. Lola lost customers in all directions and their long grip on American road racing was shattered. Haas and Lola would find a new direction.

These race results were compiled in a joint project between Martin Krejc and Allen Brown in the late 1990s using Formula, Racecar, On Track and the SCCA's Sports Car magazines as main sources. Car identities were worked out from Allen's ongoing F5000 research and Martin's ongoing sports car racing research and we are grateful to many former competitors and spectators for their help with this. An extensive search for program entry lists, both on eBay and from a range of contributors, has provided further information. A total of 22 programs are still sought.

The Lola T600 was a racing car introduced in 1981 by Lola Cars as a customer chassis. It was the first GT prototype race car to incorporate ground-effect tunnels for downforce. The revolutionary aerodynamic design of the T600 was widely imitated throughout the 1980s by International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and Group C prototype cars. The Lola T600 ran initially in the U.S.-based IMSA GT series and later in European Group C races. A total of 12 chassis were built. At the end of the...

On August 20, 1981, part 3 of the BRD Trilogy premiered at the Theater Walhalla in Wiesbaden. LOLA was a co-production by Rialto Film, Trio-Film and the West German television broadcaster WDR. The script was written by Peter Mrthesheimer and Pea Frhlich, with whom Fassbinder had also worked on the scripts for THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1978) and VERONIKA VOSS (1981).

Ascott Collection is proud to offer for sale the 1981 LOLA HU3, a very important car from a historical viewpoint, that marked a technological breakthrough in the world of motor racing. In the year of its launch, the car won two rounds of the Endurance World Championship in Europe, while Brian Redman won the IMSA title in the USA with a T600 powered by a Chevrolet engine.

Among the innovative elements of this unique prototype are the ground effect diffuser, which was to become very widely used, and the aluminum honeycomb used to make its chassis, which is also fitted with a roll bar. With the LOLA T600, performance and safety made a leap forward. These technological advances would then serve as a basis for developing many other prototypes. In fact it was a Group C car ahead of its time!

Powered by a 3.3-litre Ford Cosworth engine, HU3 is the only LOLA T600 to have the privilege of being fitted with this F1-derived powertrain. Having been entered for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1981, it is therefore eligible to compete in the Le Mans Classic, in Class 6. HU3 remained unused for 37 years before being acquired and restored by Ascott Collection in 2017. The sale of this LOLA T600 HU3 offers you the opportunity to acquire a unique one-off car.

While Lola had built the open cockpit T-510 ground effect Can Am car for 1980, the T-600 closed car was entirely new, though both were to be powered by a Chevrolet V8 (6 liter in the T600, 5 liter in the T510). Still, there was no interchangeability between Lola's two customer road racers. The T510 was a conventional chassis design constructed of riveted aluminium sheet. The Lola T600 was to have a honeycomb aluminium chassis, a first for Lola, giving it greater strength than its Can Am cousin.

The GTP series offered opportunities for exploring new technologies. Broadley approached the leading independent expert on ground effects, Dr. Max Sardou. In 1973, while exploring the vaporization of the Venturi in a carburetor, Sardou saw the significance of the internal winglike shape that caused the air to lose pressure when the throat enlarged.

Design for the T600 began in the fall of 1980, with the first car ready by spring. Using Sardou's theories, the car featured rear wheel covers and suspension components tucked out of the venture air stream to maximize down force. Since the car had no side skirts, as used on Formula 1 cars at the time, air was able to enter from the sides, and down force was actually increased as the car slid.

In Europe, Eric Broadley knows his revolutionary car can be very competitive. The Britannic Guy Edwards teams up with Emilio de Villota to enter a T600 in the World Endurance Championship. HU3 will be the LOLA factory car for the 1981 season, supported by Cosworth Engineering. HU3 will be powered by a Cosworth V8, coming from the Formula 1. Cosworth Engineering will bring its technical and human support to HU3. The capacity of the engine will be increased from 3 l to 3.3 l, during the season. The light and powerful engine finds easily its place above the tunnels which bring to the LOLA its revolutionary architecture.

In 1981, the LOLA HU3 is a car very ahead of the competition. Among the unique elements, we can obviously mention the ground effect which is a technique that will never be questioned. Nowadays, no racing car is designed without a diffuser.

The use of aluminum honeycomb is also an innovation. This lightweight material offers much better rigidity than aluminum sheet. Moreover, in case of an accident, it is much safer for the pilot. Like the diffusers, the use of aluminum honeycomb will be generalized in Group C, before carbon fiber comes to replace it.

After the development of the LOLA T600, Edwards and de Villota play the troublemakers. At the 6 hours of Monza, they qualify in 5th position and have to give up in race on a failure of transmission.

At the next race, they qualify in second position, just behind the Porsche 936 of Team Joest driven by German drivers including Jochen Mass. The LOLA T600 is in the lead of the race before having to give up due to a fuel failure. A very good start. In the next race, the 1000 km of Nurburgring, HU3 finished in 8th position and won the GTP category.

At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, HU3 suffered a gearbox problem on the first lap! She finished the race in 15th position.

In the wake of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the LOLA T600 HU3 is entered in the 6 Hours of Enna Pergusa in Italy. It is the first victory. A second victory will be secured at the 1000 km of Brands hatch. At the end of a successful season, HU3 is sold to a Japanese collector

The LOLA T600 HU3 did not race for 37 years. Acquired in 2017 by Ascott Collection in original condition, it was fully restored and made its return to the track as part of the Classic Endurance Racing 2 by Peter Auto and Le Mans Classic 2018.

Lola Montes (New York, NY, 1981) is a painter, ceramist, photographer and filmmaker. Her highly spiritual and intuitive practice explores themes of ritual, nature, sensuality and femininity. She moved three years ago to Sicily, Italy, engaging in a conscious retreat in the pursuit of introspection, and as material and artistic experimentation. Imbued with a raw, visceral quality that resonates with the island's rugged landscapes and rich history, Lola's work acts a form of storytelling, as she strives to reveal what is beyond the surface. Seeking symbols in everyday life, her paintings are often painted in vibrant colors with bold, expressionist strokes, that delve through her liquid lines and limpid shapes into the natural forces and human psyche's depths. Her keen interest in exploring the metaphysical and spiritual aspects is evident in her works, lending them an otherworldly aura that captures the point between abstraction and figuration, or even between the magical and earthly realms of existence.

Lola Montes received a BFA from The Cooper Union School in 2008. She has exhibited at Nilufar gallery, Milan; Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York, NY; Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, NY; Goodroom, Munich, DE; Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; Zuecca Projects, Venice, Italy; Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece; and the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany; among others. In addition to her painting and sculpture practice, Montes is a film maker and designer. Lola Montes has directed and edited at least 14 short films and music videos. She has participated in a variety of cross-disciplinary projects, working in sound design, radio, and with fashion houses. Lola Montes serves on the board of advisors for Anthology Film Archives in New York, and her film, Dialogue Between a Soul and Nature, was presented at the 2013 Venice Biennale.

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