FRIDAY FILM CLUB 21.03.2014 8 pm RUN LOLA RUN More fun than a barrel of Jean-Paul Sartre, pics energy riffs on an engaging love story and really human performances while offering a series of what-ifs and a blood-stirring soundtrack. Tom Tykwer directed this German thriller in which Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) handled a smuggling job, delivered the loot, collected the payment, left the bag on the subway, and now has 20 minutes to gather 100,000 deutsche marks or confront the wrath of his boss, local criminal Ronnie (Heino Ferch). Desperate, Manni phones his girlfriend Lola (Franka Potente) who immediately runs downstairs and through Berlin streets to the bank run by her father (Herbert Knaup). However, shes rejected and leaves minus money. When she goes to meet Manni, hes holding up a supermarket, and shes shot by the cops. In a destiny device familiar to readers of Ken Grimwoods acclaimed novel Replay, the story begins anew with different outcomes. In one version, Lola robs the bank and takes her father hostage; in another, theres casino cash to be won. All Lola-Manni scenes were in 35mm, while scenes without them were shot in video. Other cinematic techniques on display here include whip pans, jump cuts, slow and fast motion, split-screen, intercut color and black and white, segment titles, and animation. Shown at 1998 film fests (Venice, Montreal, Toronto) https://youtube/watch?v=uvU6qtu0mCs
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:20:08 +0000
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