Lola’s (Franka Potente) boyfriend needs 100,000 Deutschmarks in 20 minutes or
he’ll be killed. She runs off and does her best to get him the money in time.
We’re given three versions of what could happen during those
20 minutes. As Lola is running past various people we see snapshots of their
future. In the different versions, she meets them in slightly different ways
(bumps into them in one but just misses them in another, for example) and so the
snapshots of the future are not the same. This seemingly minor encounter with a
running stranger has an effect on the people's lives,
even if it would seem ridiculous to think it would be significant. The point being
here that our interactions with others can have consequences that would’ve been
impossible to foresee. We don’t know how our behaviour will affect other people
and so it’s important to be aware of that, I’d say. Obviously you can’t be
completely aware of everything but I think we could all do with being a little
bit more considerate (just a generalisation there, maybe some of you are super
considerate already?). When people are scared or upset or annoyed they have
the tendency to try and lash out and cause the most damage. You can’t take back
something once you’ve said it and you can’t ever go back to a time when you didn’t
say it. And it’s rarely ever worth saying. There's a line from 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy which I think fits here, "That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."
I really love this film. It’s so trippy and disorientating.
The fast pacing, flashing images, interesting music, and shock scenes all add
up to a great viewing experience. I always find it really interesting when you
consider how things could’ve gone if you’d done something a little different,
and so this film is perfect for that.
8/10
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