If "Lola Run" is a composition on the same topic, then each of our audiences is a teacher of marking papers, and the three story versions in "Lola Run" are like the answer sheets handed in by three classmates. Due to the factors of talent and experience, the themes and emphases expressed by the three students are of course different. For example, classmate A wants to express a comedy style, classmate B expresses a drama, and classmate C wants to write a tragedy. Of course, it is inevitable that there will be mutual aiming during the exam, so "Zhang Haidi" (just like other characters in [Lola]) may appear at the same time in their compositions, but it is not plagiarism, because they express different results. , and the different arrangement and appearance order will have an important impact on the ending. So there are three stories presented in front of us. "Lola Run" is composed of such three stories, but all three stories are from the director.
Well, the teacher is going to ask: "What exactly do the three stories express?" And my question is: What is the theme of these three stories strung together?
Some fans will raise it to a philosophical level, such as "the relationship between man and destiny", "the impermanence of life"; others will analyze it from a technical level: "Lola Run" has about 1581 shot changes, 71 minutes of action shots, each shot is 2.7 seconds long on average... "After watching this film, you can't help but sigh: It turns out that the movie can still be shot like this!"
Well, I admit that I am not an academic, so I don't seem to be sublimated to this height; of course, I am not a cinematographer, or even a photography enthusiast, so I only trust my own visual experience when it comes to how to use and choose lenses; So my feeling is "After watching this film, you can't help but sigh: How can the film still be made like this?!"
I believe that many movie fans, like me, generally evaluate a movie as "theme > visual experience > shooting skills." Therefore, sometimes I doubt the "relationship between man and destiny" in "Lola Run". I don't even catch a cold when the numbers are listed above. What I'm concerned with is whether the subject it's trying to convey is clear and appealing to me? Does it give me some inspiration?
In my opinion, the so-called plot of "Lola Run" is nothing more than a redhead hysterical run, and those "1581 shot transitions, 71 minutes of sports shots" and "montages" surrounding "Lola Run" are simply amazing asphyxia. I even suspect that the plot is all in the service of "1581 shot transitions, 71 minutes of action shots" and logic isn't important?
For example, for such an urgent matter, a taxi is definitely wiser than running. Does she think running is faster than wheels? And what is the purpose of the messy scenes in "Lola Run" when they meet someone (such as a woman pushing a baby stroller, Mrs. Ye holding copy paper)? In addition to the director's dazzling camera skills and the ability to stir the fragments, what else did you find?
There are also many depressing plots, such as when Manny recovered 100,000 marks, the beggar asked for Manny's pistol; why did the blind man Manny meet at the phone booth leave in such a hurry? ... "Lola Run" is not only unreliable in the use of the "butterfly effect", but also confusing in terms of a single story. Many movie fans analyze the technical aspects of the film without satisfying the thematic expression. I think it is putting the cart before the horse.
Thematic expression is very important for a film that wants to express a clear theme rather than just satisfying the senses. Someone who disagreed with me asked me, "As you put it, isn't the movie going to become a novel?" I think, the movie should not only express the theme of the novel, but also express some things that the novel can't express on the basis of the novel. Extend the functional requirements of the novel.
Therefore, don't talk about technology without a clear theme; a clear theme does not mean a successful work, but the theme is the premise and the soul of the movie!
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