opening scence- Runs past the woman in
the room talking on the phone.Lola runs past
lady with the pram, flash forward (reverse
shot shown) revealing someone going on a
spiritual jourmey and finds god.
Lola's father's office- father
having a conversation with
mistress and interupted by
mr Meyers request to come
outside.
Split screen indicates the race
between Lola and her father as
she attempts to catch him before
before he leaves the bank.
Manni leaves the telephone booth,
attempts to return telephone to blind
lady, idea suggests "blind luck"
Manni sees blind man and chases him,
and narrowly avoids being hit by a car,
suggests being at the right place at the
right time and timing.
An extreme close up of Lola's
profile reflects her thoughts as she
begs for someone to help her,
waiting for a sign.
the sign being the casino as the lady
lets her in regardless of the way Lola
is dresses, again suggests luck and
the theme of fate or destiny change.
Lola wins first and second bet,
again suggesting chance and
luck intervening
Lola is dresses paro- military, very
urban and utility with a rebel like edge. In
a way that gives the audience the
impression that her clothing is somewhat
superherp like, and that her dress code
is her costume.
Long shot of lola leaving the casino,
frame shows the staff and patrons
staring at her. Non diegetic music in the
background is primmitive and raw, to
show luck is out of the hands of the
hands of mortals and everybody is in
awe.
Close up of clock= time+journey not over yet
Manni pulls gun on homeless man, swaps
the gun for mone, "blind luck blind faith."
Lola running alongside ambulance., which
misses pane of glass. Lola jumps in the
back where an officer is injured, and lola
renews this mans health, could suggest
Lola's acceptance of him being her father.
Ambulance stops an Lola gets out at
an intersection, Stopping at the
intersection could symbolise Lola's
unsurity of where to go next it could
also symbolise the many paths Lola
can take.
motifs- clock/time,
ruling motif.
All life's events rely on the "keeping"
of time
Increased visuals of clock
before the end of each run
increases the tension
Glass- fragile/ easily shattered/ vulnerability
Lola able to shatter through
the force of her nature/
vigour energy
Shattering the glass clock
combines the two motifs
(glass and time).
Red fire hair/ passion/danger
heightened passion at the end of
the first two runs, death in the red
light
hair colour is a sign of her
powerful, aggressive powerful
character.
it can also be interpreted as red
being the colour of love and
romance, which she shows her
love and devotion to Manni.
Running- Speed/motion
start of film she runs right to left suggesting a
run to her past ( to her father). Then leaving
the bank changes direction (towards the
future)
Strong powerful run, her facial
expressions suggest we will to save
Manni