The Symbolism of Run Lola Run Run Lola Run won the Bogey Award in 2000. The film was given four out of five stars from movie critics. The symbols in the film represent the problems the main characters have to overcome. Without these, the film would be incomplete. Three symbols that stand out is love, color, running, and the time she had to save her boyfriend. Love is the first symbol discussed. Lola and Manni's love is unconditional and unbreakable. They will go to such risk measures for each other. The introduction of love takes place in the beginning scene of the film where Lola is on the phone with Manni. He wants her to come somehow come up with 100,000 marks within twenty minutes. With it being challenging, Manni asks Lola why she said, “love can do anything”. He doesn’t think love is strong enough to save him. Even …show more content…
though Lola, who is the stronger one of the two, thinks that the power of their love will help them overcome the situation. It’s shown in her determination and power that she has to help Manni. Color in the film is also very symbolic.
The color red is being used throughout the film. Red shows love, but it also shows the warmness and safety. Lola's red hair, telephone, and ambulance, and the plastic bag are red. The background in many scenes contains red. The Majority of the film, Lola is seen running. She's running for her and Manni's life. Lola's running represents the power and determination she has to save him. In the film, she tries to remain calm. When something is out of control; Lola uses a high pitch scream. The scream may disturb people, but it helps Lola gain control and feels relaxed in the situation. Number twenty is being used in different ways throughout the film. Lola only has twenty minutes to get the money to Manni. Lola keeps eyeing at the clocks, which is showing her race against time. Each sequel is almost twenty minutes. When she arrived at the casino, she chose number twenty. She won because she chose that number Lola was determined to win money that it seemed if she had made it land on 20. She screamed and then finally it lands on 20, and she wins. When she screamed, it showed what great power she
has. When the film first begins, the narrator talks about a soccer match. The narrator is comparing life to the game. The basics are known, but how it's played by the person determines where someone will end up. A soccer ball is thrown up into the air, and then the movie starts there. Run Lola Run is special because it's unlike other films. All films have similarities because films contain hidden meanings, and symbols as this one does. The symbols are a main part of the film. It represents things that are happening in a deeper level. In the end, it is related to love. The love that Lola and Manni have is strong, and that's the reason they are doing what they do. She's fighting for Manni's safety and life. The use of strong symbols and deep meaning it has connected the audience on a high level. It also keeps the audience curious about the film and want a better understanding what they mean. Also, how they can relate to the film. The symbols help the importance of everyday obstacles that come into someone's way. Also, it shows how powerful things including love can be so powerful if you’re willing to get where you want to be. Lola demonstrated this by showing her love determination for helping her boyfriend Manni.
In Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water, the color red symbolize race. Indians are reduced to the color red, as African Americans are black. Charlie's hatred towards the red rental car is obvious towards the beginning of the story. However, towards the end he seems almost indifferent as the car is destroyed.
First, in “The Scarlet Ibis” the color red is a major symbol that represents the life and death of Doodle. The color red in the story shows what both the scarlet ibis and Doodle looked like in general and when they died. Usually red is compared to blood and the author used this in the story to describe how there was blood on their
Laura Esquivel uses the color red to symbolize love and passion in relationships. In the following quote "Mamma Elena had come to get a sheet or something and had caught Tita red-handed."(p. 136) The little box that contained mamma Elena's old love letters with her old love, Jose Trevino. Tita, being caught 'red-handed' may symbolize that her hands had been stained and contaminated with the love that was concealed inside the box.
Love, partnership and commitment have been the subjects of a multitude of novels, plays poems, movies and great works of art. Throughout these works, the image of love and commitment in love have taken many different forms. Today, we easily recognize symbols of commitment in love to be items such as hearts, wedding bands, roses, etc. However, in literature, especially, more abstract and creative symbols of commitment to a loved one are often present. Additionally, the symbols of devotion that exist in literature do not always involve romantic love as opposed to many movies, painting and sculptures. For example, in the short story, “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai, symbols of loyalty to a loved one manifest between two sisters. In opposition to symbols of loyalty existing in a platonic manner as it does in “Saving Sourdi,” Peter Meinke’s “The Cranes,” provides symbols of commitment in an amorous relationship.
For example the connotation ‘red’ is the colour of fire, danger, power, caution and malice. ‘Red’ is an emotionally intense colour and is a consistent theme that builds up like a heated fire because Peter is full of rage and wrath and he is the “red herring” because he is distracting the mum from the truth about the abuse he is causing.
Hurst, the author of The Scarlet Ibis, uses the color red to symbolize a recurring theme throughout the story which is: Pride can aid, but if not controlled will cause harm. The color red is used throughout the story symbolically, to convey the author’s message. The color in itself has two sides to it; one being that it is a royal color, meaning pride, love, and power. The other is that red represents danger, blood, death, and destruction. Just like the color, pride also has two sides to it. Pride encouraged Brother, the narrator and protagonist of the story, to teach Doodle, his younger brother, to walk. However, pride then began to pull Brother into dangerous territory, and caused harm to Doodle. Pride, like the color red is filled with the yearning to see our loved ones do well. Just like the alternate side of the color red that brings destruction, pride’s alternate side
If one were to trace the color red through the book, it would be almost impossible to give it one decisive meaning- and that is the point entirely. The color red appears to symbolize not
When using symbolism in a story, in a movie or in life in general it helps you understand the meaning of it and lets you get deep inside the topic for a better understanding. Symbolism is a person place or thing that can be interpreted in a different way. A example of symbolism can be related to the religious world. Many people see a tiny edible piece as just another item to eat, but Catholics that attend church see it as a religious piece that symbolizes the body of Christ. You will also see symbolism when you see a navy blue star or when you see a eagle face, a football fan may look at that star as The Dallas Cowboys Team and the eagles head as the Philadelphia Eagles Team.
With such a spread of possible meanings for red it is hard to interpret its true meaning, in the novel invisible man though red is mostly seen as a dangerous color or one of courage and power. Since this novel takes place in the 1930’s during the height of racism in America it does an expert job of showing how the power of whites overtook the blacks even though they were said to be free citizens. It is amazing to see how a symbol such as red can be used throughout a book to deepen the
The three colors that are most widely used during the movie to show symbolism and imagery are black, white, and red. While there are some references to color in the written text of Titus Andronicus, Taymor’s use of color allows the viewer to see a more clear representation of mood, tone, and character. Colors may be used in costume or in setting. Regardless of how they are used, each color plays a large role in distinguishing the tone that is being set for a scene or character. The first color that is widely used is black.
In conclusion, Run Lola Run is an excellent film that incorporates phenomenal editing and music. If a viewer were not dazzled by this film one would be very surprised because it is a very compelling and breathtaking. The formula editor Mathilde Bonnefoy used to manage the complex rhythms in this film will not only dazzle viewers with the pacing, but it also maintains an extensive focus on what Lola is doing, why she is doing it and what of importance is happening in the film.
It has been said, that colors in the light spectrum can be used to symbolize a person's mood or emotions. In the case of Blanche and Stanley the colors red and white are being used to symbolize their state of mind. Blanche, which can be derived from the word "Blanco" to mean white, depicts a person who is pure. In the case of Stanley, the color red is used to symbolize his inner anger and misery.
Run Lola Run is a film set in Berlin , Germany. This film gives you the idea of running with Lola on her journey to come up with one hundred marks in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend Manni’s life. Tom Tykwer uses many film techniques that usually are not used in movies , making this film not like every other Hollywood movie. Techniques such as the use of flashback and flash forward , this giving the film an idea that just by one slightest move or event can change your move in different ways. Other techniques that made this film interesting and attention grabbing is the use of animation, cross- cutting, birds eye view and medium shot.
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