Run Lola Run Essay

Composers use distinctively visual techniques to convey distinctive experiences within our lives, such as the race against time, duties imposed by relationships and making choices. This is exemplified through the film ‘Run Lola Run! ‘ and the poem ‘The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock´ (hereafter ‘Prufrock´).

Twyker conveys the experiences of time being insuperable, relationships being a burden and choices being left to chance. This is demonstrated through the use of split screens, fast cutting shots and close ups. However, T.S. Elliot illustrates these experiences through extended metaphors, allusions and other imagery. Ultimately, the composers force the responder to compare their experiences to Lola’s and Prufrock’s and to share in
Run Lola Run conveys the burden of relationships through Lola’s decisions to continually try to save Manni. This is shown through the use of the fast cutting shot as she decides to run into the bank and tries robbing it, showing that love robs us of reason: love conquers all. In sequence two, Twyker uses a close up of Lola’s emotionless face as her father says to her, “the police will be here in a second.´ Her indifference to the police demonstrates that she knows that she has to save Manni, which symbolises the duties love places on individuals in a relationship. In contrast, ‘Prufrock´ has no duties involved with relationships as he takes no risks. The extended metaphor evoking an image of a cat which ‘curled once about the house´ shows how he is withdrawing from any relationships, as cats are lonesome and fickle.

Therefore, the composers use visual techniques, such as fast cutting shots and metaphors, to represent two typical experiences of relationships. Lola shows us that love conquers all, whereas Prufrock shows us how relationships are not needed in life but even though remaining unattached may reduce one’s responsibilities, it may also cause