Discussion Questions for “Run, Lola, Run”
1. Why do you think Tom Tykwer’s film was so extraordinarily popular, not only in Germany but throughout the world?
I think the film was popular because it was a fusion of the fast-paced nature of American films with the artistic elements of German film. That makes it appreciable to several markets, worldwide.
2. The film tells the same story three times. Which elements are exactly the same each time? Which elements change? Are there any elements which occur only in one or two of the three scenarios?
Lola starts in the apartment each time, with the same scene of her mom on the phone. She always encounters a man with a dog, a woman pushing her child in a stroller, a group of nuns, a man on a stolen …show more content…
The security guard is saying that there are only a few foundational facts in life and everything else is subject to change. It does remind me of chaos theory. The only things you know factually about a chaotic, non-determinant system are the initial conditions. Very little, if anything at all can be said about the state of a chaotic system at a later time past the point that the initial conditions were valid.
5. In what ways is “Lola Rennt” similar to a video game? To a soccer game? To a “choose your own adventure story?
Every time that the outcome (Lola is shot, Manni is struck by the ambulance) is not satisfactory, a new run is begun. In a video game, if it is not going your way, you can restart. If your character dies in a video game, you often have new lives to restart with.
6. How do the “snapshots” which occur after several scenes in the movie contribute to the film?
The “snapshots” cued audibly by a capacitive bank charge whining emphasize the degree of alteration of reality in each run. Not only are Lola’s actions changing the course of things for her and Manni, it truly is a basal change in reality affecting the entire lives of the other people. I like to call them …show more content…
In the first run, her attitude (backed by lyrics) is one of separation from the problem (turn to others for help.) The second running song speaks of never quitting and fighting or taking what you want. Exactly the lyrics you would expect given Lola’s resolve and more violent choices in the second run. In the third run, the lyrics show the same resolve of run two; however, the aggression is absent from the lyrics of run three. Again, Lola’s actions in run three show the resolve solving her own problems, but this time with the least
1. Why do you think Tom Tykwer’s film was so extraordinarily popular, not only in Germany but throughout the world?
I think the film was popular because it was a fusion of the fast-paced nature of American films with the artistic elements of German film. That makes it appreciable to several markets, worldwide.
2. The film tells the same story three times. Which elements are exactly the same each time? Which elements change? Are there any elements which occur only in one or two of the three scenarios?
Lola starts in the apartment each time, with the same scene of her mom on the phone. She always encounters a man with a dog, a woman pushing her child in a stroller, a group of nuns, a man on a stolen …show more content…
The security guard is saying that there are only a few foundational facts in life and everything else is subject to change. It does remind me of chaos theory. The only things you know factually about a chaotic, non-determinant system are the initial conditions. Very little, if anything at all can be said about the state of a chaotic system at a later time past the point that the initial conditions were valid.
5. In what ways is “Lola Rennt” similar to a video game? To a soccer game? To a “choose your own adventure story?
Every time that the outcome (Lola is shot, Manni is struck by the ambulance) is not satisfactory, a new run is begun. In a video game, if it is not going your way, you can restart. If your character dies in a video game, you often have new lives to restart with.
6. How do the “snapshots” which occur after several scenes in the movie contribute to the film?
The “snapshots” cued audibly by a capacitive bank charge whining emphasize the degree of alteration of reality in each run. Not only are Lola’s actions changing the course of things for her and Manni, it truly is a basal change in reality affecting the entire lives of the other people. I like to call them …show more content…
In the first run, her attitude (backed by lyrics) is one of separation from the problem (turn to others for help.) The second running song speaks of never quitting and fighting or taking what you want. Exactly the lyrics you would expect given Lola’s resolve and more violent choices in the second run. In the third run, the lyrics show the same resolve of run two; however, the aggression is absent from the lyrics of run three. Again, Lola’s actions in run three show the resolve solving her own problems, but this time with the least