Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run directed by Tom Tykwer was a very exciting film for me to watch. My first thought of the film was that the effects were just really in my face. I actually liked it a lot because of the film's various effects and editing. There were a lot of fast cuts even within short scenes, which made the movie appear really fast paced along with the upbeat Euro-trance music. I can only remember the times when the music slowed down were during the "red flashbacks" and when Lola got shot.

My favorite scene because of the visuals was when Lola was running to Manni near the store when he was about to go in and rob it. There was a split screen that showed two views of the same scene. On one side you can see Lola running to Manni in the distance and then on the other side you can see Manni walking towards the store with Lola running in the background. I thought it was cool that you could see two versions of the same thing.

Also with the visual aspects of the film, the lighting was very bright in every scene except for the "red flashbacks." Just from watching it the first time around, it was obvious that red was a really important color scheme used in the film. There were red lights, a van, the telephone, the money bag, and even Lola's crazy hair. To me, it was pretty ironic since she won the 100,000 marks at the casino on 20 black.

This is probably irrelevant, but I like to use the word "scheisse" every now and then since I've watched this movie.