Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Fresh, invigorating, fascinating, musically hypnotic
The details of Run Lola Run have been laid out by countless reviews, and since even the unfavorable ones (very few) stillseemed to like the movie I chose to rent it, then buy it, thenbuy the CD soundtrack. For a week I've been stuck in a loop ofwatching the DVD at home, listening to the CD in the car, etc.To make matters worse, I've been promoting the film to all and sundry.Why all this fuss on my part about a movie with a thin story line and short running time? Because as pure entertainmentit works! Like a roller coaster ride that lasts only a short time, the viewing experience stays with you in snippets of music or flashes of video: delightful moments that won't go away but rerun in your mind. Franka Potente is wonderful as Lola, very different from actresses we're used to seeing (overseeing?)in the USA. This is definately not an art film, nor even a thriller,yet seems to embody both characteristics-it's got a different look and direction that's very refreshing. The techno soundtrackis not apart from this movie, but inextricably linked to it, toevery scene, to every nuance, and difficult to get out of your head; listening to the CD brings back the movie in full minds eye detail! So when I head downstairs with a quirky grin on my face and my wife asks me where I'm going, I respond: "to watchLola run" and perfectly understand her small exasperated sigh.