Lola Rennt
Germany
1998
Tom Tykwer, dir
IMDB 8.0
The magnetic girl – Franka Potente – who was later in Bourne films. But here she is best. The whole movie is a vehicle. It’s all about moving, about deadlines, and about desperation. It’s been some time since I saw the film, writting this review, so it’s only an impression.
The beauty of the film is the way it binds the fast-paced plot of ‘crime’ and ‘retribution’ into the desperate attraction and relationship of the two protagonists. It will all be alright, if they can make it on time, and if they can’t – there will be nothing, nothing at all. No money, no love, no freedom, no resolution. How many films out there try and create a ‘bound’ ending that wraps up all storylines, but have to do so artifically, with artificially combined plotlines,a nd artificial resolutions. Now, to be sure, the movie is a big convoluted storyline, but it works together with itself like a machine, and grinds it out in one motion, and finishes, cleanly. Therefore it is a perfect movuie of a type, of it’s own type – just as “The Elephant Man” is a perfect genre film, or the first Bourne firm.
