Run Lola Run, Film Notes

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Eliot</div> <div> “Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel”              - Sepp Herberger.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> <div> Sepp Herberger (1897-1977) was one of the most important German soccer coaches of all time. He led the German team to victory at the 1954 World Championship in Switzerland, which went down in soccer history as the “Miracle of Bern.” He was famous for his quotes, by which he wanted to remind his team to stay concentrated on the match the whole time and to never underestimate their opponents:  “After the match is before the match” - As soon as the match is over, you should concentrate on the next match, i.e. you are right back where you started from.  “Der Ball ist rund" - The ball is round, that's the only thing that's for sure as anything can happen during a match.  “Das Spiel dauert neunzig Minuten”  - A match lasts 90 minutes, so "It ain't over till it's over."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Opening Comments:</b></div> <div> (Hans Paetsch, who speaks the narration at the beginning, is Germany's most popular fairy tale narrator. His characteristic voice is easily recognized by anyone who grew up with fairy tale records in Germany).</div> <bR> <div> Man… probably the most mysterious species on the planet.  A mystery of unanswered questions.  Who are we?  Where do we come from?  Where are we going?  How do we know what we think we know?  Why do we believe anything at all?  Countless questions in search of an answer… an answer that will give rise to a new question… and the next answer will give rise to the next question and so on.  But, in the end, isn't it always the same question?  And always the same answer?  The ball is round.  The game lasts 90 minutes.  That's a fact.  Everything else is pure theory.  Here we go!</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Story</b></div> <div> When we meet Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a small time courier for big time gangster, he is working a standard pick-up/drop-off, and everything is going just fine. When the job is done, all he has to do is wait for his girlfriend, the orange-haired punk girl Lola (Franka Potente), to pick him up. But today is unlike any other day. Due to an incident while she was buying a pack of cigarettes, Lola is late, and Lola is never late. One stroke of bad luck leads to another, and by the time Manni calls Lola, he is at a pay phone with a big, big, big problem. His unforgiving boss will meet him in twenty minutes to pick up 100,000 marks; money that Manni, suddenly, does not have.</div> <bR> <div> Lola rushes out of her apartment and down the street, attempting to get to Manni and, somehow, pick up 100,000 marks on the way. She tears through the city, in a whirl of bums, nuns, babies and guns. Down sidewalks, into offices, through traffic and back again. As her feet slap the pavement and the seconds tick down, the tiniest choices become life altering (or ending) decisions, and the fine line between fate and fortune begins to blur.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Main Characters</b></I></div> <div> Lola (Franka Potente)</div> <bR> <div> Manni (Moritz Bleibteu)</div> <bR> <div> Lola's Father (Herbert Knaup)</div> <bR> <div> Jutta Hansen, Lola's Father's Lover (Nina Petri)</div> <bR> <div> Herr Meier, man in black car (Ludger Pistor)</div> <bR> <div> Bank Guard</div> <bR> <div> Norbert von Au, bum (Joachim Król)</div> <bR> <div> Lola's Mother</div> <bR> <div> <B>On-line resources:</b></div> <bR> <div> Official Site, which includes Director's commentary:</div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/runlolarun/runlolarun.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/run"><U><U>http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/runlolarun/runlolarun.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> A fan's site:  </div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Exhibit/2254/Film.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Exh"><U><U>http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Exhibit/2254/Film.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> A curriculum guide: </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/s_archive/worldcinema/sdocs/rlolarun.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/s"><U><U>http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/s_archive/worldcinema/sdocs/rlolarun.html</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> FAQ's on/about Tom Twyker:</div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.tykwer-online.de/faq_e.htm#moeglichkeit" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tykwer-online.de/faq_e.htm#mo"><U><U>http://www.tykwer-online.de/faq_e.htm#moeglichkeit</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> A review which takes a psychological approach, compares Lola Rennt with Orpheus and Eurydice, and claims that the events are imaginative reconstructions based on the nighttime conversations:</div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.cgjungpage.org/films/runlola.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cgjungpage.org/films/runlola."><U><U>http://www.cgjungpage.org/films/runlola.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> A Film Studies class set of questions and notes about editing:</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.english.mankato.msus.edu/larsson/introfilm/Notes/notes11.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.english.mankato.msus.edu/lars"><U><U>http://www.english.mankato.msus.edu/larsson/introfilm/Notes/notes11.html</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Director's comment:</b></div> <div> What happens is absolutely universal as far as both theme and content are concerned. It is this woman's passion alone that brings down the rigid rules and regulations of the world surrounding her. Love can move mountains, and does. Over and above all the action, the central driving force of this film is romance. The film could be just as easily be set in Peking, Helsinki or New York, the only thing that would change is the scenery, not the emotional dimension. I think everyone, truly everyone, can identify with Lola.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Questions:</U></b></div> <div> 1.  What role do symbols play in the film?  Consider:  the turtle, the dominoes, the casino game, the soccer ball.</div> <bR> <div> 2.  What happens (in a literal but also metaphysical sense) when Lola screams?</div> <bR> <div> 3.  What scenes/people don't change at all?  Why?</div> <bR> <div> 4.  “Und Dann…” (and then…)  Why does the director include these scenes?  Why do they change each time?  Do you see a pattern in the changes?</div> <bR> <div> 5.  Draw a chart like the one below and fill it in:</div> <div> What happens to each character each time around?</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="609" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Woman</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Nuns</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Man on Bike</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Herr Meier</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Bum</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Lola's father</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Ambulance</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Lola</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="146"><div> Manni</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> 6.  Does color (particularly red, yellow and green) play any significant role?  Lola's hair is red, Manni is in a yellow phone booth next to a yellow supermarket, the ambulance is red, the glass-holders are in yellow, the bags often have a distinctive color, and the bedtime scenes are in red.</div> <bR> <div> 7.  Lola's mother says, “The more I think about it, I don't know.”  How does her thought process relate to Lola's during the nighttime scenes?</div> <bR> <div> 8.  Lola's father is seeing a woman at the bank (Jutta Hansen) and her mother is apparently talking to a lover on the phone (“Yeah, but you're married, too”).  What comparison can be drawn between Lola and her parents in regards to love, commitment and fidelity?</div> <bR> <div> 9.  How would you evaluate Lola as a female character?  How does she compare with other women characters in film, such as Rose in <I>Titanic</I>, or Princess Leia in Star Wars, or Trinity in <I>The Matrix</I>?</div> <bR> <div> 9.  What is the metaphysics of the film (what is “reality”)?  Are the action sequences imaginary?  Are the nighttime conversations imaginary?</div> <bR> <div> 10.  What is the film's message, if any, regarding:  fate and free will, accidents, coincidence, luck, consequences, fidelity, love?</div> <bR> <div> 11.  The film opens with some weighty philosophical questions - does it answer them?  Did it try to?</div> <bR> <div> 12.  How do you rate this film?</div> <bR> <div> 13.  Is this a good film to show in a philosophy class?  (what philosophical issues does it raise, and does it provide sufficient and relevant information or invitation?)</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>