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film Run Lola Run calls to question the actions and choices of individuals and how these factors alter their fates through the unique display of three separate, but similar timelines. This theme is introduced to the viewer through the beginning and end of each of Lola’s three runs, the timing of getting to Manni being the ultimate difference. Lola’s three runs not only affected Manni and herself but all the people she confronted on the way. Many of the minor character’s futures were shown during the timelines after each interaction, though very different from one to the next. This is the film’s concept of fate and how it can be altered by certain circumstances, choices, and timings during an individual’s day, thus representing the domino effect. The film even hints at this by cutting to a display of a line of dominos falling on the television as Lola’s red phone is hanging in the air. The domino effect of each confrontation, whether short or long, drastically shifts the…

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…

Chance is an idea which is clearly portrayed in both texts. In the movie, 'Run Lola run', the director uses flash forwards to epitomize this idea of chance. The audience witnesses the lives change for the people that Lola bumps into on her journeys, and how their lives change each time to how Lola’s life changes. This is seen with the lady with the pram that Lola encounters each time as she begins her run. This symbolizes the unpredictability of life. Lola's destiny in each three stories, so do…

1. The theme major theme running throughout Run Lola Run was the idea of multiple outcomes depending on minor changes made by the characters. This idea can be found within the butterfly/domino effect. In terms of tone, the movie was all over the place. It ranged from comedic, to dramatic, to everything in between. The purpose of this decision was to give the audience whiplash at first and then gradually acclimate them to the characters, aesthetic, and plot points within the movie. 2. At the…

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…

The distinctively visual text aims to show us the way we discover and understand images we see. Distinctively visual techniques are 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…

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…

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…

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…

Distinctively visual texts attempts to manipulate the way individuals interpret and explore the images they see; critically affecting the way they make interpretations of the experiences they face in the world. The distinctively visual represented in ‘Run Lola Run’ (1998) by Tom Tykwer and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012) by Christopher Nolan are significantly strong as distinct images are constantly on the screen to create a suspenseful and thrilling film. Despite their disparate contexts, both…