WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SCREENING
Tom Tykwer's
RUN, LOLA, RUN
(LOLA RENNT)
(Germany | 1998 | 80 mins | M violence & offensive language)
Wednesday 25 February at 7.30pm, University of Otago’s Colquhoun Lecture Theatre**
Run Lola Run follows a woman named Lola (Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in 20 minutes to save the life of her boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).
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| | “Tom Tykwer’s acclaimed 1998 film Run Lola Run is a breathless rumination on the nature of fate and choice, with twists and turns at every corner. Lola and Manni are young and hopelessly in love. When a bag with 100,000 Deutschemarks owed to Manni’s shady boss goes missing, they have 20 minutes to come up with the cash, or else. It’s up to Lola to rescue Manni from his desperate fate. With a brilliantly inventive narrative structure, the film follows the next 20 minutes, during which every possible outcome, decision, and choice is more dangerous than the last. Run Lola Runwill have you on the edge of your seat |
| with its heart-stopping pace, kinetic energy, and driving techno track. Franka Potente delivers a tour de force performance, willing to do anything to save the person she loves; from armed robbery to high-speed (bicycle) chases, she breathlessly sprints through the city with an endurance that rivals Ethan Hunt on one of his impossible missions. While infused with elements of the action genre, Run Lola Runboldly strikes new ground, challenging us to consider how the decisions we make can affect the course of our lives and those of the communities we inhabit” – TIFF Cinematheque. |
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FURTHER REVIEW
"Franka Potente, who plays Lola, has a certain offhand appeal. I liked her, though I can’t say I got to know her very well, and she is usually out of breath. She runs down sidewalks and the middle of streets, arms pumping, bright red hair flying, stomach tattoo wrinkling in time with her footsteps. She loves Manni and wants to save him from his own stupidity. Occasionally the movie pauses for moments of sharply seen detail, as when her rich father refuses to give her the money, tells her he plans to leave home and marry his mistress, and throws in for good measure: 'I’d have never fathered
a girl like you. You’re a cuckoo’s egg'.... |
| Tykwer also adds segments titled “Now and Then,” in which he singles out minor characters on the screen and uses just a few startling flash-frames to foresee their entire lifelines. Run Lola Run is essentially a film about itself, a closed loop of style. Movies about characters on the run usually involve a linear story (The Fugitive comes to mind), 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" – Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com |
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Finally, watch critic Mark Kermode review Run Lola Run!
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