Before "Lola Run", Kieslowski had the movie "Song of Opportunity", the protagonist chased a train bound for Warsaw, the first time he chased The second time he didn't catch up, he beat up the station policeman, so he became a prisoner, a revolutionary; the third time he didn't catch up, and he didn't beat the police, so he returned safely Go to college, continue your studies, and become a famous doctor who doesn't care about politics, the Freelancer. The train is a metaphor for the socialist movement, Kieslowski said: Becoming politically left-center-right depends on chance. "Song of Opportunity" is the father of "Lola Run", and its creativity has influenced many filmmakers. There is also a "Sliding Door", two possibilities for a woman to catch the subway and not catch the subway. Sadly, I haven't seen it yet. Kieslowski's films are works of genius whose brilliant ideas are always stolen by latecomers. This makes art cinema a great contribution to commercial cinema! This is something that must be mentioned before discussing Lola Run.
In Liezi, there is a story of "the lost sheep on the wrong road". Yang Zi was a famous scholar in the Warring States Period. One day, his neighbor lost a sheep. Neighbors immediately led a large group of relatives and friends to look for it, and also came to ask Yang Zi's disciples for help. Yang Zi said, "I lost a sheep, how can I need so many people?" The neighbor explained, "You don't know, there are too many fork in the road!" Soon, the neighbor brought people back. Yang Zi asked, "Have you found the sheep?" The neighbor said, "I lost it." Yang Zi asked, "How can so many people not find a sheep?" There is another fork in the road, we are standing at the fork, we don’t know which road to choose, so we have to stop looking.” After hearing this, Yang Zi suddenly changed his face, his expression was sad, he didn’t speak for a long time, and he didn’t smile all day.
"Wrong Road Lost Sheep" is a story full of existentialism. As early as the Warring States Period, wise Chinese philosophers had realized the predicament that people would fall into when faced with a choice. Without freedom we call for freedom, with freedom we are at a loss. In order to escape the loneliness and fear of facing choices, people hope to have a higher power to show the way, and for human beings, the higher power is God first and power second. In order to get rid of the sense of helplessness in the face of fate, people hand over the power to choose the path of life to God, king, father and husband. From this perspective, it is people's helplessness in the face of fate that leads to despotism. The patriarchal civilization has occupied history for a long time, which seems to show that women's sense of loneliness in the face of fate is far stronger than that of men.
Many years ago, my cousin got married. When the wedding party set off, my cousin suddenly started to cry, and my aunt cried next. They hugged each other and burst into tears. The uncle urged the cousin to go on the road in a serious tone. The waiting relatives interpreted their crying as a deep love between mother and daughter, so they tut tut and praised their cousin's filial piety. At that time, I already realized that the truth is not so simple. What my cousin cried was actually the loneliness and fear when I faced the choice. She wasn't sure if her marriage would bring her happiness.
Yang Zi mainly considers the subjective aspects of people when faced with choices. In his era, the objective world was relatively static, and it was relatively easy to grasp. People would not go out and get into a car accident, go out in an airplane explosion, or buy lottery tickets to win big prizes. When faced with a choice, it is enough to mainly consider the subjective aspect. However, in the mechanical age, the drastic changes in the objective world have cast more uncertainty on people's choices. "Lola Run" is an effort to maintain the right to choose in an uncertain world.
Lola ran for the first time, Manny had entered the supermarket to grab money, and Lola grabbed the security guard's gun. Seeing that they were about to succeed, the police appeared, and the policeman's gun went off, killing Lola. There are two car accidents in this paragraph, a black car and a white car collide, and the bank clerk is maimed and then committed suicide. What caused Rolla to fail was a series of uncertainties.
Lola ran for the second time, grabbed the money from the bank, and stopped Manny a second before Manny grabbed the money. The elated Manny was hit and killed by the red ambulance. There are multiple collisions in this segment, where Lola hits the woman pushing the cart, the black sedan collides with the white sedan, and Manny is killed by the red ambulance. What led to the failure of Rolla was a series of uncertain factors. But what the uncertain world brings to the cart woman is to win the lottery and buy a villa and a big ben.
Lola ran for the third time. During the run, Lola said to herself: "God, I beg you. Do you want me to keep running?" A big truck stopped Lola, and the big truck allowed Lola to see the casino. In the casino, Lola The scream made her win more than 100,000 marks with a bet of 99.2 yuan. Meanwhile, Manny "just happens" to see the homeless man and force the homeless man to hand over his wallet. Lola did it! Her success is still based on a series of uncertain factors. Roulette is uncertain, but it is confirmed by a scream; Manny sees the homeless, and it turns out to be the result of a blind man pointing! And what these uncertainties brought to the homeless man was that the huge sum of money he had picked up was lost again, and his fate had not changed.
Back to the story of the lost sheep on the wrong road, Lola can choose to run and save Manny, or she can choose not to run and let Manny be killed by the underworld boss; if she chooses to run to save Manny, she can choose to borrow money, or she can If you choose to grab money, you can also choose to gamble... Just like Yang Zi's neighbors can choose this fork in the road or that fork in the road. However, in Lola's choice, any fork in the road is full of danger, and within a second, her and his choice will become meaningless. Their success depends not on their choices, but on a dramatically changing world.
In the end, they succeeded, they returned the money to the underworld boss and became rich, and the result was the result of God's intervention: Lola prayed to God, and God sent a big truck to let her enter the casino; instantly won ten More than ten thousand marks can only be attributed to God; pointing to Manny's blind man is the incarnation of God; even, Lola has a special ability, she can save the patient by touching it. If in the pre-mechanical age people gave the right to choose to God and power, the reason was that people faced the fear of self, then, in the mechanical age, people once again gave the right to choose to God, but it was mainly because of the fear of the world. In this uncertain world, who doesn't want to have the power of God, or be favored by God? Teacher Wang Zhimin said that the real run in "Lola Run" is only the first time, and the second and third times are all Lola's imagination. In this way, the so-called god is Lola herself.
Many newspapers have opened a special lottery page, and the reporters and editors who pretend to be ghosts give serious instructions on how to buy 5 million yuan. In this regard, I have to pretend to play ghosts and play ghosts: I use "Book of Changes" and Tarot cards. The horoscope and the horoscope have been counted. Both the Eastern God and the Western God said that you will be killed by a car, no matter if you go out early or late.
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