Lola rennt (Run Lola Run)
I watched a couple of movies featuring Franka Potente including The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity and Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (The Princess and the Warrior), but I hadn't had chance to watch Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) until last weekend. It was a great movie; I really enjoyed it.
When I think about European movies, I typically think that they are classy and they focus on quality rather than focus on creating something new and flashy, but Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) isn't quite like that. It is certainly not flashy, nor does it try to be flashy. But it is not exactly a movie that tries to bring quality by superb acting or details. Acting is great, and the movie has great details, but this movie is, in my opinion, hyper modern, and that makes this movie special. The way in which the movie is created is very modern. It uses animation. It plays around with the concept of time. It is produced in Berlin, but the movie makes Berlin look almost like an empty city. It has a solid story, but the appearance of the movie looks almost abstract.
(August 12th. I will come back to finish up this blog later.)
August 13th
The essence of movie is storytelling. I find that many of European movies tell great stories by superb acting and dialogue, while, if you observe events themselves that take place in movies, they are more or less ordinary. This movie, however, creates this hyper modern story, kind of story that only movies can tell well, and the story delivers interesting messages. I appreciate the fact that Tom Tykwer shows us that there are different types of European movies and that they are superb.
There is another thing I'd like to touch on. So many movies today allocate huge budget so that we often feel that only money solves problems. We often feel that only those movies that allocate bigger budget than others come out good. This is not the case at all. As I watch Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) and listen to commentary, I learn that Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) is a low budget movie. So, it's not just money that created this very important movie.
When I think about European movies, I typically think that they are classy and they focus on quality rather than focus on creating something new and flashy, but Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) isn't quite like that. It is certainly not flashy, nor does it try to be flashy. But it is not exactly a movie that tries to bring quality by superb acting or details. Acting is great, and the movie has great details, but this movie is, in my opinion, hyper modern, and that makes this movie special. The way in which the movie is created is very modern. It uses animation. It plays around with the concept of time. It is produced in Berlin, but the movie makes Berlin look almost like an empty city. It has a solid story, but the appearance of the movie looks almost abstract.
(August 12th. I will come back to finish up this blog later.)
August 13th
The essence of movie is storytelling. I find that many of European movies tell great stories by superb acting and dialogue, while, if you observe events themselves that take place in movies, they are more or less ordinary. This movie, however, creates this hyper modern story, kind of story that only movies can tell well, and the story delivers interesting messages. I appreciate the fact that Tom Tykwer shows us that there are different types of European movies and that they are superb.
There is another thing I'd like to touch on. So many movies today allocate huge budget so that we often feel that only money solves problems. We often feel that only those movies that allocate bigger budget than others come out good. This is not the case at all. As I watch Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) and listen to commentary, I learn that Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) is a low budget movie. So, it's not just money that created this very important movie.
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