Run Lola Run Themes

It is evident that time is a very abstract concept in the sense that so many things can go so many different ways. There are numerous scenarios where we as humans could have done something better or worse. Or perhaps we were saved by ten seconds from a fatal car crash. In a very captivating German film, Run Lola Run, film director Tom Tykwer explores this topic of time with a great visual aesthetic. In this film, Lola, the main character, receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni who has lost one hundred-thousand German marks. If he does not find the money within twenty minutes he will have to rob a store in order to avoid punishment. So, he calls Lola to help him come up with the money. Throughout the movie it shows three different scenarios …show more content…
However, one thing that bothered me about the film was the directing because the camera angles kind of got repetitive as it was constantly shifting and all over the place.
In the first scenario Lola is running to her dad’s office. While on her way, she runs into an old lady who curses Lola and then it shows a slideshow of the woman’s future. She keeps running comes into contact with a man who is trying to sell his bike. Then a slideshow of photos is shown to show his future. The editing for the photography was very important to the whole piece of the movie because it is shown very quickly but shows the importance of time. Each slide shown breaks down how that one action can prevent or bring something better or worse. Furthermore, Lola arrives at her father’s business office and sees a lady with her father. Lola asks her father if she can have an abundance of money because her boyfriend is in trouble. The father quickly responds by saying she doesn’t look well and asks who her boyfriend is. Her father is not willing to help and also adds that he has never been her father. She breaks glass by screaming because she knows if she does not get the money then her boyfriend Manni is going to the rob the store. And this is what I liked about the special effects because they used slow motion to show the glass break several times. She gets there too late and Manni robs the store. …show more content…
The bike man’s future changes as well and is also seen in a series of photographs. Lola, on the way to her father’s office is hit by a car. She knows the driver somehow and then keeps on running. She then finds a casino and only makes a little bit of money but then rigs the roulette game by screaming and getting her one hundred thousand german marks. While she screams glass breaks once again showing how special effects played a vital role in the film. Meanwhile Manni sees the homeless man and chases after him with a gun. The homeless man is