Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Easily one of the best films of all time.
I saw this movie for free at a European film festival, and I feel *lucky* to have done so! I liked it so much that I saw it again, and I loved it AGAIN! I'm hoping it goes mainstream so that it gets the audience it deserves (and video prices will go down ;-) ).Not only does it excellently execute ALL the elements of the film; it also leaves you thinking - about fate, luck, and even love. The way Tom Tykwer blends wonderful cinematography, infectious music, and innovative montages of different film techniques and formats into a highly immersive movie is sure to be appreciated by critics, serious movie aficionados, and masses alike. Emotionally, one feels immediate affinity and sympathy to the lead characters and their situation, the humor is seamlessly infused in the film (read: no jokes or comedic cliches, yet it WORKS!), and the powerful bond between Lola and Manni is very subtle, but very stated at the same time. If only for its sheer novelty and refreshing nature, I believe this film will be one that will be remembered in this century's movie history for its perfection in combining universal themes, visual and aural cinematic elements, classic film formulas, and, well, innovation!