Born to Run

This is displayed in the film ‘Run Lola Run’ by Tom Tykwer and the picture book “The red tree” by Shaun Tan, which represent similar ideas and themes throughout these visual texts. This is evident through the use of visual techniques. There are many themes conveyed in the both texts, such as the manipulation of time, chance and relationships. Tykwer explores…

Scene: The last scene where Lee walks out the door at the very end and needs help to walk outside Introduction: Lee is a young man who has been affected by the struggle of losing a best friend in a car accident. This was able to bring out a different side of Lee that the audience hadn’t seen before. Prior to the accident he was a happy, sarcastic and loyal character but he changed when he lost his best friend. He became angry, depressed, abusive and isolated himself from anyone and everything…

In adult novel “The Running Man” is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and violence is rising. The main character Ben Richards, has lost his job, his baby daughter is sick, his wife is a prostitute, and they’re the bottom class of society. Society in 2025 is taken over by the game show company “Free-Vee” they create reality tv shows that focus on people who live in poverty and making then suffer to get a quick buck. If you’re not…

This week’s movie was Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer. In this film, there was many alternative realities ranging from the main characters Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) and Lola (Franka Potente) dying in one or vice versa with them living with circumstances being determined by the tiniest of details. The reason why they’re in this predicament is because of their, Manni and Lola, daring attempt to transfer money from a guy they know. They somehow lost the money between the targeted man and the dealer and…

Run Lola Run is a well-known German film that was released in 1998 to positive reviews. There are various filming techniques used to enhance the films story line as well as the audiences experience. Cinematography, sound and editing are important techniques that are vital to any film. The director of Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer, beautifully blended some of these techniques to create a visually pleasing movie. To capture the story that goes along with this movie, Tykwer used multiple camera angles…

1. Rushed (Current Bank Experience) My first experience with selecting my current bank draws back to my first day at university. I created an account, on paper, at a tent during the welcome week celebration. The experience was quite rushed and informal. I had numerous questions and concerns. I have never had to deal with my own finances before, and I was quite nervous. However even though the rushed process, the bank was quite accredited and well-known so I didn 't mind and felt safe inputting…

Tech in the library on October 20th, I understood more about the culture as well as food of Mexican people. First, when we were talking about Mexican culture, I realized that Mexican culture and Vietnamese culture have some common values. Vanessa was born in Michivacan, Mexico. When she talked about most of the population in her hometown were Christian, I was thinking about the movie “Conquest of Paradise”. In this movie, Christopher Columbus came to South America, he brought many monks with…

I am from Lynn a place where there are different people surrounding you. I am from Lynn a place where everyone is accepted I am from Lynn a place where you can either get your education or face the streets I am from Lynn where the shots are silent and the tragic becomes nothing the next day The streets of Lynn are stereotyped as “ghetto” because of the drugs, the gangs and the low income we have in the community. There are used needles, condoms, and cigarello wrappers on the ground But, the…

shown in both ‘run Lola run’ composed by Tom Tykwer and the movie ‘Happy death day’ directed by Christopher Landon and written by Scott Lobdell. Both of these compose use important techniques such as colours and lighting. These techniques help with highlighting the importance of both texts such as love, hope and most importantly time. Throughout the text of ‘run Lola run’ Tykwer shows us clearly that Lola has only 20 minutes to complete her mission. Tykwer portrays that Lola runs three…

Run Lola Run begins with the following questions, which I would like to pose to you “Who are we?”, “Where do we come from?”, “Where are we going?”, whilst these existential questions are extremely difficult to answer individually, T.S Elliot successfully conveys his thoughts of these life questions through the quote “We shall not cease from exploration…and the end of our exploring will be to arrive where we started…and know the place for the first time”. Continue to ponder these questions while…