youth is forever absent

Nedra 2022-03-20 09:01:23

"Lola Run" should be a philosophical art film about youth. It has all the elements that adolescence should have: fast pace, impulsiveness, irrationality... A simple story, which became extremely beautiful in the director. There are three different outcomes for the same event in the film. The first two all ended in failure, only the last one ended up being a happy one. The heroine of the film, Lola, has been running desperately forward, in a limited time, she must fight for her love and even the future. At first I always didn't understand what's the point of running like this, not playing better and faster. But soon I discovered my ignorance.
When the scene of Lola's runaway was switched to the cartoon game world for the third time, I finally understood the greatness of the director. It was all just a game. Anyone who is not satisfied with the ending or the process can start over after the game is over. The three endings in the movie are just a hint of the possibilities of the story, you can choose any of them, or you can have none of them. Just like Lola in the game, facing the fierce wolf and its owner, she has many options to choose from, being bitten by a dog, tripping over by the owner's feet, and of course jumping over their heads. The important thing is that the control buttons of the game are in your hands, and all the decisions are up to you. The randomness of the ending kept me from paying too much attention to the ending, and the different characters Lola met during the run aroused my great interest. The fate of different characters has different endings with Lola's running.
I can't remember who said such a sentence "every person who passes by you may become your friend or enemy." There are always many accidental things in fate, and I believe it for no reason. This sentence. What's amazing is the way the directors handle their life journey, the quick picture presentation puts it all together in the most concise and quickest way possible. People's thinking will focus on: Is the photo real? What was the background of the photo? Did the photographer really know the lives of those people? Every hurried pedestrian on the street is the same as you, and only you know the pain or happiness.
The director chose a perfect ending, which was beyond my expectations. Lola not only won her boyfriend's life and her love, but also earned a million marks for nothing. There is such a good thing in the world, too perfect ending is always doubtful. I'm not like Lola. I have a father who opened a bank, and I have the courage to rob a bank. I can even earn a million in less than a few dozen yuan. I happen to be a person who believes in fate, so my ending is not that the three people in the underworld will not be able to pay the one million when the underworld people come, and I have to go to heaven with my lover. If possible, of course I want my lover to live well on earth. In fact, death is not necessarily a good ending, it is just another way of life, just a little more thorough. It's heart-wrenching just running all the way and just winning something in just 20 minutes. During this period of time, Lola has paid a lot to save her boyfriend. She doesn't know if she will get it. So the first ending of the movie appeared, only she died. However, her death still can't get her boyfriend's freedom. Death is not free for her boyfriend, but for Lola, death has become a good way to exchange for freedom. If you can't get money, you can only die. That's an ironclad fact. Lola ran quickly, the voice came from her boyfriend, from herself, and even from the strangers she met along the way. Lola was still slow. When she got the money, she thought she could save her boyfriend, but she could only watch him leave, forever. The second ending of the movie still ends with death, and only the third ending is the most unbelievable ending. Perhaps the director also tried to explain that today's gambling is worth cherishing, because the hardships of life and the loveliness of life are inseparable. Then the god of death can only watch from afar and be absent forever.

View more about Run Lola Run reviews

Extended Reading
  • Assunta 2022-03-22 09:01:24

    Beautiful shots of deconstruction, all kinds of weird and hypothetical music, you just need to run all the way to dissolve all the flukes and blood in your life

  • Derick 2022-03-24 09:01:26

    MTV-style modern movies. It is most suitable for people who grew up with electric and hip-hop dances. There is also philosophical thinking in it. Business and art are well integrated.

Run Lola Run quotes

  • [first lines]

    [subtitled version]

    Narrator: Man... probably the most mysterious species on our 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?

  • Manni: What if I were in a coma, and the doc says, "One more day?"

    Lola: I'd throw you into the ocean... Shock therapy.