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Movie of the Week #25 - Run Lola Run
Next up is Run Lola Run (original German title: Lola rennt) from 1999 starring Franka Potente and directed by Tom Tykwer. It won several awards at various film festivals.
Besides any thoughts on this movie, what did you think of Franka Potente's performance in this?
The rest of the schedule for April is:
- 22nd: Aliens
- 29th: Fargo
This film is one I saw as a video while first dating my husband. He has a copy so we are rewatching now many years later. It makes me wish I spoke German.
I found this video on YouTube that goes over some interesting things about how the film was made and its legacy.
I saw this a couple of years ago and found it to be intriguing but also an annoyingly weird way to make a movie. Yet it popped into my mind a few times, most recently when I saw the X-Files episode Monday which has a similar plotline, and I appreciated it more rewatching this time around. This movie is pretty intense with its music video like fast cuts, 90s technomusic, a mix use of film and video, and of course Franka furiously running through the streets of Berlin.
The theme of free will and the butterfly is not new, but I see the interesting main difference here being Lola herself having much greater assertive control with how her strange screaming power enforces her will through. Unlike something like Kieslowski's Blind Chance (also worth checking out) where events are more random with no one in control.
I haven't watched this in years, but I loved it when it first came out. Saw it in the theaters, have the DVD somewhere around my place, and also have the soundtrack in a box somewhere. I should dig them all out and give them another spin.
I have been wanting to see this since I saw the director collaborating with the Wachowskis on Cloud Atlas. Basically the only reason why I haven’t seen it yet is because it is missing from every streaming service.
Psst ☠️