Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
At an Intersecton of Time and Being
Tykwer's "Lola Rennt" artfully demonstrates the temporal placement of an ontological progression. Lola moves through time (twenty minutes) and in doing so calls attention to the arbitrary nature of the lives she passes. We are distanced from the characterizations (which are shallow and undeveloped at best) instead focusing on the nature of her running, and the points in which she comes to friction with the society she is running through.Lola is unkempt. She is garishly attired, with the stop sign red hair that marks the film, defying Hollywood as she trundles along the streets in each of the three segments. She is an atypical female character, tentatively called heroine because there is no way to articulate how she acts for the benefit of herself and her man, and callously moves the world through which she runs. Lola is at odds with the world that regards her through the eyes of complacent security guards and non-believing SWAT-ish teams.The film critiques the stereotypes of relationships and women through its interludes. The relationship between Lola and Manni thematizes the their gender roles, and it is of note in which run the movie is ended, and how it seemingly reaffirms the status quo.In summary, the film is immensely entertaining and services an articulation of a deeper understanding of time and space and the ways in which humans react within said partitioning of being.