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RUN LOLA RUN (aka LOLA RENNT) review
Alrighty. Well, I really would like to apologize for
not having seen RUN LOLA RUN earlier. We’ve
had great reports on this film for ages now, but
really... I feel a bit lame for not having been able to
see it at ROTTERDAM back in late January.
Then again in Los Angeles on one of my trips, but it
seems that at every turn I have made towards this
film, some sort of Hitchcock-style camera move made
the film recede far beyond my grasp.
So I had to wait for the first day it screened here in
Austin, Texas... which was this past Friday. Same
day that the stunning Cora Smith was arriving to
town.
I spent most of the day awaiting her presence.
Scrubbing my skin with turpentine. Getting a S.O.S
pad to clean my teeth and washing the birds and the
bees, the flowers and the fleas from my hair.
You see, one does not meet Cora Smith in any
condition beyond the best of their ability, cause that is
what Cora deserves.
You see, this was Cora’s birthday and we had it all
very well planned out. Annette Kellerman, Tom
Joad, RoRo, Peter Blood, Father Geek and the
infamous Johnny Wad were going to take her to see
RUN LOLA RUN, then out to eat and drink and
make merriment at Trudy’s. Then we were to funnel
in large amounts of Guinness at
Drafthouse while watching a pristine widescreen
print of GHOSTBUSTERS. Then we were to do...
whatever it was that the evening cried out for.
Hopefully it would involve pagan orgiastic activity,
but we would ultimately settle for slumber instead.
At approximately 1754 hours (Cool Standard Time) I
felt the pheramonical presence of the dear lil Cora
Smith on the otherside of my door, and quickly
thereafter I heard the ever so soft pounding of her
pearl handled 25 caliber automatic against the 30 feet
high gothic arched doors that grace the front of geek
headquarters.
As I opened the door a golden “Pulp Fictiony/Repo
Man-y” style glow flooded into the room followed by
a ravishingly retro-styled Cora Smith, who instantly
embraced me and forced hot passionate whirlwind
inducing tidal waves of hot cha cha cha chaaaaas
throughout my brain.
After she Mathilda May-ed me, she stepped into the
house and went to the bathroom to clean up and get
ready for the evening. Luckily she did not discover
either the potty cam nor the ventilation shaft cam we
had set up in anticipation of this move. (Coming
Soon: Revealing Live Streaming Cora Smith at Geek
Headquarters Facilities Footage *TM*)
Quickly after she escaped the bathroom she melted us
with her wit and beauty and we left for the Arbor
Theater to see RUN LOLA RUN.
We were arriving about an hour and a half early to
insure no problems procuring tickets for this highly
anticipated (in Austin) film. I sent Father Geek on to
Starbucks to grab a table, while Cora Smith and I
sought out one of those Daleks that spew out money
when properly programmed. The first thing you learn
about these money-spewing Daleks is to ignore their
cries of “DESTROY!” and to just enter in the secret
‘bah ray ewe’ code and spew... money comes out.
I went over to the Arbor box office, with my ‘easy
money’ and asked for 3 tickets to RUN LOLA RUN...
This rather cool James Bond villain looking character
towered behind the box office attendant and tapped
her spine as I approached the window. I pushed a
double X at her and she refused my money, and
instead asked, “Name?”
Looking at Cora and nearly losing myself in her eyes,
I swung my pendulum back at the automaton and
said, “Walt Sent Me.” She wrote the word Walt
down and handed me three torn tickets and the
towering man was now nowhere to be seen.
Hmmmm...
With this development, I decided to further impress
Cora with the greatest monument in all of Austin. It’s
not the UT tower from which Charles Whitman killed
all those people. It’s not Threadgill’s where Janis
Joplin learned to sing the blues. It is not the 23rd
Street Renaissance Market with it’s Austintatious
mural. No.... For me, the monument... the artistic
achievement that defines the insanity of this town I so
dearly love, lays and stands and kneels in the soft
green grass of the Arboretum.
I am, of course, speaking of those cows... Those
glorious marble cows. According to ancient Austin
bohemian legend, a small herd of cattle wondered
upon this patch of Earth and realized that one day in
the future Junior Wells will belt out tunes in this very
spot. So the cows being the music lovers that they
were.... Stayed there. And they waited. Centuries
went by, even geologic eras... until finally the event
occurred. For one day, a few years back, Junior
Wells sung for these cows and for those present they
heard an ever so soft ‘Moo’ escaped the stoic lips of
the buffed bovine.
Of course that is just legend, and I have certainly
never heard the sacred marble cows go ‘Moo’ but
they do seem to extract the phrase from nearly
everyone that touches their stone hide.
Cora was, of course, impressed beyond words upon
seeing the petrified pre-hamburgers. She hugged
them, she straddled them... And suddenly I wished to
be a marble cow.
After our journey to ‘moo-ka’ we met Father Geek at
Starbucks only to find him on his 5th Double
Expresso. He was shaking in and out of our plane of
existence, so we ordered some strange fruity tea and
smoothie and sat to join him.
Soon, Annette Kellerman and the hari Krishna edition
of Tom Joad arrived and we sat and shot the shit for
quite some time.
There was a general feeling of happiness and
togetherness as we marched side by side into the
Arbor. Those styrofoam clouds and giant sized
screens awaiting our attendance.
We went straight to 4th row center and sat back to
watch RUN LOLA RUN.
Peter Blood, Johnny Wad and RoRo all filed in, in
short order, and soon it was time for the movie.
The Trailer for THE FIGHT CLUB began and we
were instantly in an even better mood. Annette
pointed out the similarity between my abdomen and
Brad Pitt’s and we all smiled.
After the annoying as hell commercials, many of
which grace the top of my site, like the DEN ads and
the VISA ad... Only Pepsi seemed to be missing from
my site.
On a website they’re tolerable... You can scan past if
you are not interested, and if your curiosity is piqued,
then you can click and learn more.... However, in a
theater you can’t hit mute, fast forward or scan past...
You must watch them in their entirety.
Ahhh... seems the advertisements of Europe’s theaters
have finally swam the ocean dividing us. Where were
those pesky CGI sharks when you really needed em.
Finally.... RUN LOLA RUN began.
Instantly this movie grabs you. Not half an hour in,
not ten minutes in, but instantly. This movie is
literally the movie my sister has been waiting her
entire life to see, and I’m taking her in the next
couple of days.
For all you women out there that are tired of the
damsel in distress flicks. And for all you guys tired
of having to rescue the damsel in distress... Well
finally we have a movie to turn to where, from
beginning to end it is our stunning Lola who must
rescue the dude in distress.
Tom Tykwer is instantly a talent that needs support
and a fan following. His direction in this film is
electric, brisk and completely in control. The movie
is breathless and the film is a rush of
methamphetamine in an all natural health food sort of
variety.
Remember the opening moments of SILENCE OF
THE LAMBS where Tak Fujimoto’s camera is
gliding alongside a full out running Clarice Starling
and something inside your head clicked and thought,
“Cool”? Well yeah, we have a lot of that here.
The title does not lie to you, this is literally a movie
that is more about running than WITHOUT LIMITS,
PREFONTAINE or CHARIOTS OF FIRE.
However, the film is never truly about running. In
those films the act of running is in fact the primary
subject of the story. About winning the race, out
running your best time, the guy next to you. It was
always about the finish line.
Here though, while Lola is indeed running, the movie
is instead about a transcendental love that plays with
the very fabric of our existence.
You know the ‘cool’ vibe you get from movies like
PULP FICTION, TRAINSPOTTING, THE
MATRIX and LOCK, STOCK AND TWO
SMOKING BARRELS? Well, this film has that very
same, ‘we know we have a soundtrack that rocks and
we’re going with it’ sort of feeling.
The movie is paced very much to the techno groove
that is pounding like a boogie beat metronome and if
you ain’t completely convinced that the soundtrack
belongs in your car upon leaving the theater, then
perhaps your pulse is in fact not beating.
Franka Potente (aka LOLA) is a wonder in the film.
She runs as though she has never run, but simply must
run. She doesn’t have a professional’s gait, nor does
she simply trot. It’s that desperate last 10 minutes of
Edmond O’Brien’s DOA*. Lola is a character that
realizes the odds are against her and her treasured
Manni. She knows she’s in the Kobayashi Maru, and
dammit she’s gotta be James Tiberius Kirk for this
twenty minutes.
This is not a matter of choice, but simply a matter of
fact. It’s a bit of GROUNDHOG’S DAY without the
‘I have all the time in the world’ lack of urgency.
Instead it’s “I have to get it all right, this time cause I
only have one shot at this,” ya know?
If you are tired of the ‘traditional’ action film, this is
your movie. If you are tired of the mere conventions
of the genre, this is your movie. But if you hate the
genre and have never ever loved it, then perhaps
you’d best spend your time amongst the RUNAWAY
BRIDEs and BIG DADDYs of the world.
The film makes excellent use of animation, sped up
motion, slow-motion, camera tricks and style to
create a movie that I didn’t want to see a frame
changed in.
Now, beyond the hyper-ventilating nature of this film
there is a heart. Particularly revealed in the ‘all red’
sequences which I felt were beautiful last moments of
thought, that revealed everything about the characters
involved.
Meanwhile, I’ve seen it discussed all over the place,
so I might as well address it. Lola’s superhuman
siren’s scream. Why’s it there? What purpose does it
serve? Well... I’ll tell ya.
It’s merely that contrivance that is there to tell you
strange things are afoot in the world of Lola. That all
is not merely as it seems. That she is not a mere
gutter trash punkette, but in actuality a goddess of
cool walking this earth and every earth in pursuit of
the one she loves.
It’s a mythical quality that firmly lifts this cinematic
experience off it’s feet and into flight. Because this is
one movie that doesn’t tell you to keep your arms and
legs in the cabin. Stand up on that hump and during
the loop-de-loop. Cause this movie is one hell of a
ride that provokes thought as well as make your
adrenal gland all sweaty and pumpy.
Afterwards the AICN group was all doing the LOLA
beat outloud and singing the movie’s praise. And not
once during the whole film did I remember Lola
(Dietrich) and ya know.... That’s a testament to
Franka.... What a cool goddess we have here.
There is so much that is perfectly cool about this film
that I could write on about the various coolosities for
days on end, but then that’d be taking away from the
film. It is not my place to introduce you to each of
these treasures, instead it is now your place to go seek
them out.
Search your local paper for that theater you rarely
visit and go there tomorrow to see this film. Then
you’ll be back with the friends whom you have
hounded into the lobby of that self-same theater they
never visit.
Personally now, I have found my Lara Croft and her
name is Franka. Run Geek Run to see RUN LOLA
RUN. It is one of those films you migrate in droves
to see quickly and often. It is a film that works
whether you are depressed or fully toxic... It’s a film
to talk ears off of talking about.
And thus far I do believe it is hands down the coolest
film I’ve seen.
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Harry, much as I respect this site and all you do for it, you really need to get laid, man... No - you REALLY do. ;)
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...This is the best film of the year and has been added to my list of favorite movies of all time. Although I usually abhor Techno with every inch of my being, in this movie the music actually WORKS. Another good thing about the movie (for me) was that I sat there and thought "This is exactly like a film that I would make"... and that, for aspiring filmmakers, is almost a religious experience.
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Damn, I wish the movie houses around here were open 24/7, just so I could see this film on two days worth of caffeine. I've been looking forward to it since I saw a preview of it with "Desert Blue". This movie appears to be intensity captured on celluloid, and gods, I can't wait to see it.
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i thought i would never see the day for harry's revue on RLR.
now it has arrived..does that mean apocalypse is around the corner? anyways.....this has got to be the best movie out there.....i saw this in a double header viewing right before BWP. and i must say that was my second viewing of it! and i enjoyed it as much that time as the first time. not to mention my german is gettin better..j/k....can't wait to own it !!!! if you havent seen it....now is a good time !....because chances are it will dissappear before you know it !
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I have also been waiting for Harry's review, wondering what he would say about Run Lola Run. Incredible movie. I just cannot say how exciting this film is. I want to pay for all my family and friends to see this film, just so they can see and experience it. The whole spectacle, down to little touches, the split-screen, the animation, the "red-lit" scenes (which are also very funny), or the "and then" photo sequences. Brilliant. The problem is that most people will reject it - "Oh, it's a German film, subtitles, forget it" and they'll go off and never know what kind of experience they are missing. Will someone tell me what is wrong with subtitles please? What are these people, illiterate?
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I've lived in Austin for almost 5 years now, and I don't think I've heard a more entertaining (local) story than the one you contrived about that sculpture of cows. I couldn't help but chuckle. Thanks for the mystical background for this Austin anomaly and great review too!
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Hey Euro, you suck!
Franka Potente and Moritz Bleubtreu are big stars in Germany and you should know that (a look at you email address shows you're german). If you don't like the film that's your problem. "Lola Rennt" is indeed as cool as Harry says, and yes, Hasselhoff SUCKS! -
This IS the coolest movie ever. I came out of the theater and walked directly to Tower Records, where I purchased the soundtrack post-haste and it hasn't left my CD player since!
Lola is just about the best female character to appear in the last few years. I haven't seen anyone this cool since Tank Girl, and that's a long time to wait! I loved the fact that she isn't a runner, she's not some sleek greyhound-girl; she's a normal chick with fabulous hair, who understands the importance of Forward Momentum.
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I saw this movie weeks ago with a group of women. Better than "Matrix" it was! Oh, and if ya really wanna get on my sweet estrogen side, please everyone see and Harry review "Better than Chocolate." It's about a young dyke coming out. Lovely!
Take care all! xoxoxox************
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First off, Harry is absolutely right. This film energized me from the first minute until the final scene. I enjoyed it more than any action film I've scene in a very long time. However, i think the scream was about more than just expressing the wierdness of Lola's world. I think it was the director's way of showing us the emotions that Lola was feeling. She's in a hyperintensive, must-win situation and she doesn't quite know what she's doing. The scream is just the perfect way to show the massive stress of the moment.
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Whats wrong with you guys?
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Jul 28, 1999 12:17:30 PM CDT
Does anyone know which screen in LA is showing RLR with the Ewan
by dennis
Please? Thank you!
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Harry Review Mad Libs:
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Wow I just have to say I spent all (measure of time) staring at my (electric device) wondering what I was going to say about this movie. But before I wrote anything my (a relative) called from the (a public building) where they were screening another new movie called The (adjective) (nonsense word) (verb)(an animal), a foreign type film which is supposedly very (adjective). But back to the movie I'm reviewing. I have to say, I expected this movie to be (adjective)--but you know what?? It was (adjective) and way more (adjective) than any movie I have ever seen. It was about a team of (noun) scientists who discover that (verb ending in -ing) with Mother nature will only end in a (a significant event). I urge everyone to see this movie, if only to experience what will surely become a classic line of dialogue: "(The strangest thing you've overheard this week)!"
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i've seen the movie and i thought it was visually stimulating. storywise however, it was so-so. i also noticed a scene that must be some sort of a tribute to the late Stanley Kubrick. one of the characters throw the bag of money up into the air which is, very likely, a reference to the bone in "2001 A Space Odyssey."
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I apologize for writing just to echo the Grand Geek's thoughts on this flick, but when he is right, he is oh so right. I caught Run Lola Run on a plane flight to Seoul Korea in April, and have been itching to show it to friends ever since. In fact, at the Tower Records store in Seoul, they were handing out free "Lola" movie posters. I guess this flick has quite a following outside the good ol' USA. Anyway, I was really impressed with the few animated sequences in the movie. The thing that impressed me was that they actually worked!!! No cheesy cartooning, no wannabe "Cool-World" sexploitation, just something very unexpected that added to the film. Very Cool indeed.
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Hello everyone! First timer here. I was in Germany with my girlfriend (Who is German. Cool, huh?)last August and the film was about to open there. Lots of posters and articles around. The image of Franka as Lola was so striking I asked my girlfriend to translate as much as she would before she got terribly annoyed so I could get an idea about the film, media whore that I am. I can't believe it took me a whole year to see it! U must own the soundtrack and everything Harry said is dead on! Franka/Lola Rocks! If anybody wants cool Lola wallpaper the sonypicturesclassics.com site has some great photos! See Ya!
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Thank you Harry for finally getting around to informing your readers about this great film. I love your site and visit it every day, but I wish there was more information here about non mainstream hollywood films. I love going to my local arthouse, but its difficult for me to get info on what I should seek out. Maybe this site would benefit from regular independent film updates. And I don't just mean "COOL" films like Run Lola Run or Lock, Stock...., but more obscure films like Xiu Xiu, The Sent Down Girl directed by Joan Chen or the upcoming The Minus Man, which looks promising. A weekly or bi-weekly update would be helpful and imformative for those that have limited sources for recieving this information. I sometimes get into press screenings at the local arthouses and will definitely try to write a review whenever I can.
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I don't know whats upsetting EURO.....but i do have to agree with the other post-ers that we did give you Hasslehoff...so enjoy him while he last. I was informed that Lola's hairstyle did set of a trend down there...i know i am not wrong about that so that movie did well amonst a certain group ....and don't you know that movies usually go overseas to other markets because they know that if there movies don't survive in their homelands...that they do have a better chance (second breath) over seas in another market?.......look at some of our films we ship your way which you like (minus godzilla)
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RUN LOLA RUN was playing at the LANDMARK NUART 11272 Santa Monica Blvd from June 18th to July 15th and yes it did have the Ewan McGregor short before it, which was very funny in a set-up/punchline sorta way. Hopefully you can find some other place to catch them. It's worth it!!!
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Glad so many people love this kickass film. This film is so much more than it appears to casual viewers (esp. those who view it as merely being a long music video); I got to argue
with one about it afterwards. A friend of mine just didn't get the film much. He missed all of the intuitive moments in the film, which to me were
symptomatic of the fact that "the rules can be broken." In the beginning, the guard says "the game" (and film) "is 90 minutes long. The ball is
round. The rest is just theory." Lola plays by the rules, albeit playing
wildly and wholeheartedly, in her first two attempts, although in each
attempt she pushes the boundaries further. In the first, she doesn't take
life into her own hands fully until she (wrongfully) helps Manni rob the joint. Although
of course, from the outset, she's someone who obviously leads an active (as
opposed to passive) life. It's her manner, her attitude, her spirit that is
the thing. Her will, her present lust for each split-second of her existance. In the second attempt, she takes matters into her
hands faster, letting loose her hellfury scream in her dad's office, and
doing the evil deed of the robbery; and again, her evil deed somewhat screws
her karma, if you like. Note: remember the look on the guard's face as she points
the gun at him. Attempt #3 she's more determined than ever to get things right; and karma
deals her a better hand, so to speak, by removing the possibilities of
meeting her father at all. The guard steps outside for a smoke, and says
"about time you got here." An odd statement that he can only make by a leak
of intuition of what could have been (I think this film is greatly metaphoric about the nature of intuition - how we unconsciously perceive something even though it hasn't happened); she's been there twice before, sort of. And she's dealt with this bastard twice before, and gives him an evil
look, which he deserves; and then HE gets the exact same look of dread that
he got when she pointed the gun in his face, and then you hear his heart
beating faster and faster (I didn't quite catch that in my first viewing). She runs off and begins praying somewhat, not to God per se, but to life.
She closes her eyes and is determined to make something miraculous happen,
through pure will, and love for her life (and Manni's). She's nearly run
over by a truck, and the driver (who really does look like a member of a
Scandinavian death metal band) yells at her to wake up, you wanna get
yourself killed?! She stops, alert, terrified, awake. Now this, I didn't
catch the first time: the brand name of the truck, in big letters right in
front of her face, is SCANIO. An anagram for CASINO, which she then also
sees across the street. She follows the signs given her (by her connection to this higher power - the power of her self, her intuition, life, god, any or all of the above) and enters the
casino (and I don't need to tell you what a great scene that is).
Afterward, the stunned faces of the crowd show amazement at someone who was
not just "lucky" or "crazed" but who had somehow quite obviously broken the rules of the
game (usual, routine existence), through sheer spirit, and who had gotten
away with it, and won.
She hops a ride in the ambulance, and is faced with the guard, whom she has
recently given a heart attack (I didn't get this at all the first time - I
wasn't even sure it was the guard in the ambulance, but I'm almost positive
this is the deal). She takes his hand, in peace, apology, and reassurance.
She doesn't want him dead. Hell, she'd probably have put up with his
annoyingness with a smile if things had been different, if she hadn't been
on a hurried mission of life and death. She communicates this - as she does
most things in the movie - with her action, which is of just holding his
hand in peace and reassurance. The gun pulled back away from his face, the
guard recovers.
My friend who saw this with me said he didn't think the characters were developed at all, and that they needed more dialogue; to me, Lola's actions and the way she performs them speak volumes of this well-written character.
Lola demands a lot out of life, but in this last, third attempt, she is also is
carefully attentive (missing the guy and dog in the stairs, missing the lady with her dog, etc.), and treats
life with respect right back (ambulance scene). But Manni is half of this
chaotic puzzle, even if it's rarely focused on him. Manni knows that he may
be doing a foolish act to hand the bum his gun. He has NO need to do it.
Is Manni just stupid (as he occasionally appears)? While I think he's the
lesser brain of the pair, I also think he sees the same thing in the bum
that is throughout the rest of the film: all the paths the future can take.
He can treat this guy with kindness and trust, or he can pull back in fear.
If things were different (Lola dead, and he jailed for years, let's say -
the result of the first attempt) he could also end up like this man some
day. He looks at this guy and feels bad for having halted the wonderful
new course of change in this bum's life, and so he gives him another chance for one (the
gun). The look on the bum's face as he holds the gun suggests that his mind
is just reeling with thoughts of what he might do next - and that's not just inference on my part, I think it's specifically implied. Furthermore,
discarding his gun - something he tried using for evil once, and is really
only an object of wrongful action and death - releases Manni from the
clutches of a more negative self, and from downfall.
Now, I understand if others who saw this flick think I'm reading a lot into
this; but really, I think if I see this flick again I'll come up with even
MORE that makes rather attractive sense to me. Besides being an exciting,
rampaging thrill of a movie, there's so much going on here, and the label of
"a long music video" as some reviews have offered is to me, deceptive; it's
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The soundtrack, as others here have said, is damn good stuff. I would say it's a masterpiece of a soundtrack album, except for one small obtrusion, which I'll get to in a sec. First tho, this great album gives you the kickass soundtrack, in order that it's used in the film, in a really well-flowing, exciting 8 tracks or so. THEN, it starts over and gives you the soundtrack a second time, but remixed (there's only a couple remixes I thought weren't hot, but they're not certainly bad either). Very, very cool stuff, a great structure to a great set of music. BUT. The album was released by those assholes at TVT, so guess what's at the end of this fine, cleverly-construed album? Some random techno track by some random piddly band that TVT is trying to push. The music is techno, but not in a style very complimentary to the excellent material by the film's musicians. It's just a fairly generic, somewhat lifeless techno track with a couple of neat sounds, which has nothing to do with the film (and for a soundtrack to have music that's entirely film-related these days is a bit rare). What fucking gall. Otherwise this soundtrack scores an 11 out of 10.
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see, kumar? I TOLD you it'd be a good film...
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Her scream was the biggest problem with the movie. Was it supposed to be funny? No one laughed. As Lola screamed, I just thought to myself, "um, oh no, I guess they ran out of ideas or something." Shouldn't have been there.
Also, the lyrics in the soundtrack are really distracting. I mean, they are in english, over a scene where there isn't dialoge, and they are really really dumb, having nothing to do with the film.
Incidentally enough- Tywker, the director, composed the music himself, and the actress who played Lola was the singer.
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Hey Euro! You wanna beat Harry? You don't even know the guy, you're just a reader of his site... You're a psycho, dude! Go to another site or go read some Nietzsche to fit your supremacist frame-of-mind! You ennui-plagued butt floss!
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Jul 29, 1999 12:15:47 PM CDT
STOP BELIEVING HASSELHOFF IS THE DUDE IN GERMANY!!!!! HE IS NOT!
by mathias
Hasselhoff used to be THE one for dumb old mother-in-law curly old women back in the late eigthies....or stupid little all believing girls till age of 12. The rest hated and still hates that ignorant guy.....hes definitly one of the few Americans you don`t want to meet.....money just doesn`t buy intelligence, whatever he earns with his body-show all over the world. Hasselhoff is definitly the worst scum ever produced by TV. Sorry, just can`t hear anymore about this jackass knowing it all guy with no talent telling everyone he is the cool dude over here in Germany, NOT EVER and NOT ANYMORE IF EVER.
So please, tell your friends about it, Germans have more taste than that.......there you go.
So much about that, but I haven`t seen so many more people running around with red hair over here, anyway....although the movie got every award there is over here.
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Harry,
Too bad indeed you did not catch it in Rotterdam. I saw it on the biggest screen there with the volume all the way up, which is unlikely for a German film in The US. This film is definately in my top 5 of this year (together with Festen (The Celebration), Lock, Stock, Election and Arlington Road, but then again the Blair Witch has not spooked The Netherlands yet. -
OK, no more German shenanigans. Harry, hit zee switch zat turns Germany's access to you off or something. None of us want to hear zem. Run Lola Run is just what we feeble-minded Americans want in our movies, so stuff yer mouths up with some sausage and beer and go listen to David Hasselhoff. You know, I hear he is the MAN over there.
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I knew nothing about this movie when I went to see it. I didn't even know it was a foreign film. My boyfriend just hauled me out of the house last night with the enigmatic words "I heard it was good"...
Oh my god.
This is, without reservation, the best movie I have seen in probably 2 years. And I see a lot of movies. The score was perfectly suited to the film, as was the brief animated clips, and Lola's magnificent primal scream. The little side-stories, told in snapshots, the use of the animation to show the moment when Lola leaves ordinary life and embarks on her frantic quest to save Manni. And her scream! God, that amazing scream, the sound of a human being pushed beyond all limits. Lola gives voice to the agonizing strain that the audience feels, as the seconds and moments tick away, carrying Manni closer to disaster. The thing I hate most in movies is knowing what will happen before it happens. Never once, in the whole movie, did I feel that.
This is the kind of movie that you walk out of the theatre knowing you want to own. I've been telling everyone I know to go see it. GO SEE IT!
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Thanks for the review Harry! I work at an arthouse theatre up here in Ontario, and frequently I get the chance to pick the films we'll screen (my boss isn't into "these types of movies"). I like mainstream stuff, but think about it, what has Hollywood given us recently that was any good?! It's been ALL CRAP (well, MOST of it. I still stand by South Park - and I think Summer of Sam would have been really good but I didn't get a chance to see it). I will always read your site with interest, because I love movies in general, but I'd love to see you reviewing more independant and forgeign films. After "Run Lola Run", "The Buena Vista Social Club", and a little indie film called "The Blair Witch Project", I'm really hopeful that these usually ignored but often superior smaller films will gain popularity. Maybe people are getting tired of the same old junk Hollywood has been reduced to, at least that's what people who come into our theatre say. Also, the press in general is covering smaller films more and more. Hell, I know I'm going to screen "Run Lola Run" just because I want to see it so damn much, but I'm really glad so many other people want to see it too. I want to know all the dirt on Hollywood as much as the next geek, but there's so much MORE out there. Thanks again Harry, for sheading a little light on the weird movies they show in those theatres "you rarely go to".
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Harry, I am just curious about your rating system. If you thought that "Run, Lola, Run" was the coolest movie ever, why do you only give it a 5 out of 10? What movies have you ever given a 7, 8, 9 or 10 to?
Randy masters
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Sounds like sis had a good b'day!!!!
psyshack -
Glad so many people like this film, it is indeed one of my favourites as well.
Tykwer himself said that the film is a kind of offer, as it were: You can think about the storylines, fate, choice etc or you can just sit back and enjoy the pace of it and its style.
If you'd like to know more about Tykwer, feel free to check out my little (not-for-profit and unofficial) site: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7218/indexeng.html
Cheers, cya!
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If you took coolness and sliced it up, boiled it down to its essential saltes, you would have Run Lola Run. This baby delivers bigtime! I saw 3 heavily hyped movies this weekend. Lola, The Iron Giant which is amazing, and Blair Witch which disappointed and is the kinetic opposite of Lola.
Ah, Lola, the word just caresses my tongue. She's sweet, but deadly, an ass-kicker, and a romantic. She's sexy and tough when she's on the move, but beautiful and has almost an air of innocence in bed. This is one of the strongest female roles I've ever seen, and Franka Potente just shines.
The only bad thing about it, is that its over in a flash. I'm ready to see it again, I want more Lola!!! In the words of Travis Bickle, "They..Cannot.........Touch....Her -
My favorite line throughout the film is when manni successfully meets lola in the third act: "Did you run?" Tykwer's humor is dead on. Actually, I think the real reason manni gives the wino the gun is for the sake of the audience. Let's say manni didn't give the gun away. How would the audience react? "Oh, this is so predictable..." When the scene ends on the wino's face, we are led to believe something is gonna happen. Even when manni walks down towards lola near the end, we are led to believe that the wino is gonna jump out and take lola for hostage.(at least that's what I was thinking...) The movie was predictable but Tykwer tried to disguise it as much as possible. As for the newly added song on the US Sountrack. I didn't care too much for the song either until I saw the cover of the group's CD. Now I know exactly what Tykwer was thinking.
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You hear the one about the new restaurant with German/Chinese food? The foods pretty good, but an hour later you're hungry...... FOR POWER!!!
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So you want to beat the crap out of Harry, do you? If you ever meet him, I hope he sits on your face and smothers you, you pathetic spunkbubble. If you want a fight, come on over here to the UK and I'll oblige. My address is 24 Victoria Road, Gillingham, Dorset, England. Bring some bandages, 'cos you'll need them, you fucker.
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Aug 16, 1999 2:20:22 AM CDT
opinions=assholes (I'm a hypocrite, too. I just can't help it)
by spenworks
Here's another one: A German and an Englishman are talking in a bar. The German is gloating about beating the English for the world cup. "Isn't it humiliating to know that we beat you at your National pasttime?" asks the German. Replies the Englishman, "It's okay, because we beat you at your National pasttime twice"
Hey, Sins of The Father, man. While I don't exactly condone a lot of the behavior of our governing powers, it's apples and oranges. No ruling body on Earth has commited anywhere near the atrocities of the Germans (The U.S. comes the closest, I'm sure, but we're talking a really distant second). The ruthless, systematic extermination of six million innocent people. Did you hear that? THE RUTHLESS, SYSTEMATIC EXTERMINATION OF 6 MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE!!! If a German is posting on this page, there's a very good chance his/her parents or grandparents were involved or complicit in this wholesale slaughter. Man, I'd hate to wake up with that on my shoulders every morning. That could really lead a man to drink. Or at least commit really stupid, ruthless acts of violence against Turks.
I know there are a lot of 20th century villains in the timeless annals of evil. Pol Pot, Stalin, Kissinger, Hirohito, Saddam, Idi Amin, the list goes on and on, and it's late, so I'm sure I've forgotten many significant names. But there's one name that will always be right there on top. Our man from Austria, the illustrious Adolph Hitler. And he couldn't have done it with out the aid of his people. -
The time was 12:00 am, the theater was The 3 Penny Theater in a very trendy part of Chicago and the movie was Run Lola Run. I had wanted to see this movie forever and had just never gotten around to it, but finally the moment had come. There's no point in my going into the details (just read Harry's review, cause I agree with everything he said), but I will say this: it is indeed a rare thing these days when a movie (even a movie that's hyped as being innovative and inventive) really makes an impression on you. Well, Lola certainly made an impression on me. 6 and a half hours later, I'm still thinking about it. I still feel the techno beat pulsing in my veins. And I want to see it again as soon as possible.
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Hey, does everyone know that song that goes "Whatever Lola wants (Lola wants)/ Lola gets (Lola gets)?" Wouldn't it be cool if they could put that to a techno beat and put it in the movie? OK, maybe the idea isn't fun, but dumb. I think I've just been up too long. Went to sleep at 3 am last night (this morning?) and haven't recovered yet. Forgive me.
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