Run Lola Run Speech
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Run Lola Run Speech
Good morning teachers and students,
In movies, love is an indescribable feeling, a driving force behind two lovers’ actions that can lead one to do carry out uncontrolled acts of sacrifice and commitment; and in this movie, you can say it is quite similar.
Run Lola Run is a film by Tom Tykwer about Lola, who in desperation tries to obtain one hundred thousand dollars to save her boyfriend, Mani’s life. The film addresses the themes of love and money as driving forces behind an individual’s action. In my chosen image, the scene conveys these two main themes as well as addressing determinism, freewill and desperation.
My chosen still shot is image number six, a medium shot of Mani that shows both Mani and his surroundings where Mani is seen to be enclosed in a telephone booth with a telephone clenched in his hand on the phone with Lola. Mani is depicted to be putting on a worried frowning facial expression in this still shot. He is facing downwards at a slight angle which shows the desperation in Mani that he needs someone to help him pay up otherwise he would be killed, in this case, his girlfriend Lola. Relating it to the theme of love and trust though, Mani’s eyes are closed, which goes to show that he is reassured by Lola, his first option that she would be able to save him before he runs out of time and would have to rely on himself to save himself, such as robbing a supermarket as shown in one of the runs when Lola fails to reach Mani on time with the money.
Relating it back to the telephone call to Lola, the minimal amount of time he has left is spent talking to Lola, showing how important she is and as mentioned earlier, his first option for help. Not only do the themes of love and trust relate to this still shot, the theme of time constraints can also be included. Mani’s upper body is positioned in between the two frames of the telephone booth, accentuating his facial expressions and body language. Furthermore, Tykwer also...
Good morning teachers and students,
In movies, love is an indescribable feeling, a driving force behind two lovers’ actions that can lead one to do carry out uncontrolled acts of sacrifice and commitment; and in this movie, you can say it is quite similar.
Run Lola Run is a film by Tom Tykwer about Lola, who in desperation tries to obtain one hundred thousand dollars to save her boyfriend, Mani’s life. The film addresses the themes of love and money as driving forces behind an individual’s action. In my chosen image, the scene conveys these two main themes as well as addressing determinism, freewill and desperation.
My chosen still shot is image number six, a medium shot of Mani that shows both Mani and his surroundings where Mani is seen to be enclosed in a telephone booth with a telephone clenched in his hand on the phone with Lola. Mani is depicted to be putting on a worried frowning facial expression in this still shot. He is facing downwards at a slight angle which shows the desperation in Mani that he needs someone to help him pay up otherwise he would be killed, in this case, his girlfriend Lola. Relating it to the theme of love and trust though, Mani’s eyes are closed, which goes to show that he is reassured by Lola, his first option that she would be able to save him before he runs out of time and would have to rely on himself to save himself, such as robbing a supermarket as shown in one of the runs when Lola fails to reach Mani on time with the money.
Relating it back to the telephone call to Lola, the minimal amount of time he has left is spent talking to Lola, showing how important she is and as mentioned earlier, his first option for help. Not only do the themes of love and trust relate to this still shot, the theme of time constraints can also be included. Mani’s upper body is positioned in between the two frames of the telephone booth, accentuating his facial expressions and body language. Furthermore, Tykwer also...