Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Techno Existentialism 101
To me the most interesting philisophical aspect of this film isn't the obvious one presented. That of "small seemingly insignifigant events can alter our destinies" (or the flapping of a butterflies wings can cause a hurricane).Rather than focus on that I found myself enthralled by Lola's physical plight through the streets of Berlin. It seemed as a microcosm for life itself. It was a road movie with an overexerted heartbeat. If you don't think this movie was deep I think you may have to take a closer look.The part that set my head spinning was during the third story when Lola has absolutely zero solutions for her situation and asks herself "what should I do now?...Keep Running." Don't we tell ourselves that in some form everyday of our lives. Motion making us cancel out the fact that we may be on infinite auto pilot. Motion cancelling out the fact that at the end of the day we are all going to die anyway.Some people have said that the running became dull or redundant but honestly those are the parts of the film that challanged me to go inside of myself most of all. On top of that this film is truly cinematic (unlike most made these days) and has a driving techno soundtrack.Sometimes actions speak louder than words..and in this case that is proved to the 110th degree.