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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 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…

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…

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 texts share common themes such as the race against time and fate Vs chance. Through these……….. (thesis) Distinctively visual devices illustrated in Tykwer's Run Lola Run presents the conflict between the notions…

In this essay, i will be focusing on the middle section of Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt, 1998) starting at the bank where Lola takes her father hostage, demanding 100,000 Marks from the cashier, to the post death scene of Manni (45 minutes to 53 minutes). I am going to be focusing on mise-en-scene how colour is used to portray different meanings in this segment of the film, and how it impacts the narrative, and the meaning behind this. “Lola rennt engages twenty first century audiences…