In the scenes of the movie, the heroine repeats an action repeatedly, that is, running. The running scenes are almost full of the whole movie. The movie tells the story of the heroine's boyfriend who lost money on the subway and was picked up by a beggar. He was in urgent need of 100,000 yuan, and the heroine went to help him raise money. After three repeated runs, the heroine finally succeeded in getting 100,000 yuan, but she discovered that her boyfriend had chased back 100,000 yuan. At that moment, her expression was blank but empty. The constantly beating picture makes the rhythm of the whole movie very fast, but the picture slows down at the end, making the final helplessness and sluggishness of the heroine seem particularly abrupt and thought-provoking. At the end of the first two runs, the screen keeps zooming in on the eyes of the hero and heroine, and then turns to the dialogue between the two. After that, the purse kept falling and turned into a dropped telephone receiver. This series of screen transitions is coherent but contrary to common sense, but the fast pace of the film itself, the difficulty of the characters, and the oppression caused by the constantly appearing clock are enough to make the audience forget the logic.
In the visual language of the film, the use of color is also very prominent. The large jumping color blocks used in the opening animation, the red hair and clothes of the heroine, the color of the building, the red of the telephone booth, etc., all make people feel like they are in the movie and jump with the picture.
The heroine's mother repeats the same sentence at the beginning of the three runs, but the people and things encountered in the three runs are different. The bank security, Mr. Meyer, the female bank staff, and the grandmother on the road, these characters have no direct connection with the heroine, but because of some of their actions, the three runs have different results. This "butterfly effect" makes every little detail of the film full of interest worth chewing repeatedly.
The whole movie seems to tear the same person into countless different parts. Because of a small language or action, the consequences are completely different, and a person's decisions at different times are sometimes even completely opposite. I think this is also one of the themes of the film: destiny. Can we escape fate? I think everyone does not have their own accurate answers. But what is certain is that movies can have three different endings, and there is only one chance in human life. Maybe you can run, but you can never repeat.
"Lola Run" is a controversial film, some people think the plot is empty and logically chaotic, and some people think it is thought-provoking and worthy of repeated aftertaste. But in my eyes, this is indeed a good film. The use of language and control make every detail full of charm and full of beauty in sports.
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