Run Lola Run

RUN LOLA RUN
Response # 9. What is the significance of the opening remark: “The ball is round. The game lasts ninety minutes?” How does the assertion shape our assessment of the film that follows?

A real game is not fixed. Those ninety minutes during a game and the games happenings will determine the outcome. What we view is Lola’s games three versions. This game however, has no quarter time, no half time, no time outs and no blood rule. This is her game and it has the ability to change not only her life, but the lives of those that she crosses during her twenty minute game. These include her mother, father, Manni and the homeless man to name a few.
The game in question (which I have assumed to be soccer) has minimal rules, just like Lola’s game. There are only obstacles that must be overcome. In a ball game that could mean an injury or indirect kick, whereas to Lola it could be falling down a flight of stairs. We are shown that life is all about chance. You miss the goal...