Run Lola Run (1998) | Keeping the Score Series

Name: Run Lola Run (1998) | Keeping the Score Series
Start: 2025-05-14T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 108 E Butler Ave, Ambler, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19002

Schedule

Wed, 14 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

108 E Butler Ave, Ambler, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19002 | Ambler, PA

Our year-long Keeping the Score series continues with a new restoration on the arthouse classic RUN LOLA RUN. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: amblertheater.org/specials
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲: This fast-paced, kinetic German crime caper is set across three different timelines that yield vastly divergent outcomes. Franka Potente stars as Lola, a woman who has 20 minutes to run across Berlin and deliver 100,000 Deutsche Marks to her frantic boyfriend who’s in deep with a big-time gangster. Set to a pumping techno soundtrack, RUN LOLA RUN packs in plenty of explosive visuals, experimental editing techniques, and animated interludes to make it a standout of late ‘90s arthouse cinema. Presented in a new restoration. In German w/ subtitles. Rated R.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲: Released in the late ‘90s,the score for Run Lola Run has been characterized as relentless, mirroring the vibrant energy of a bustling city. At the time, many critics regarded the film as an extended music video due to its continuous soundtrack. The score incorporates a variety of genres, including the prevalent European and German techno music of the era, alongside elements of jazz, classical music, African drumming, and ‘80s pop. The film’s star, Franka Potente, contributes her own vocals, with her captivating chants resonating throughout the film. Additionally, the score features numerous musical references to the sustained string chords of “The Unanswered Question,” a chamber ensemble piece by American composer Charles Ives from the early 20th century. In Ives’hh original composition, these chords symbolize “the Silences of the Druids—who Know, See and Hear Nothing.” The music in this film effectively enhances the themes of relentless motion and the fluctuating timelines that the character Lola experiences.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Be it a gentle piano interlude or a glorious orchestral fanfare, no element of filmcraft sets a movie’s tone and identity quite like the musical score. Film music has the power to underline a filmmaker’s narrative ideas, forge our bond to a heroic character, and move us to the point of tears. Join us all year long as we showcase cinema’s iconic composers whose musical talents enrich the images we see on screen and have us humming their unforgettable melodies as we exit the auditorium. See what else is playing this year at amblertheater.org/score
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