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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (1301)	2/20/2000 10:58:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1340

ok I watched it twice- well the first time I wandered away, because I was bidding on something on EBAY. But I rented it again- Mr X wanted to see it twice. And the second time I HAVE to say I was fascinated- It's about time- and all the unlimited possibilities of the future and the past. All those time-lines streaming out from everyone- where you get a flash of their future, each time the story repeated. Wonderful. Innovative. IMO it was life- as if it was a video game that you could "replay" until you "won". That's just my take on it. I think it was a fairy tale given to us by the video generation.

To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (1301)	5/16/2000 11:47:00 AM
From: James Williams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1340

Wow, I missed the Run Lola, Run discussion, and a whole bunch o stuff... I loved the movie. Not just because it makes the observation (not earthshakingly original) that little inconsequential, uncontrollable things completely effect the outcome of life. But I think this movie took it a step further, (and I think the movie supports this with the pillow-talk scenes between vignettes) by dealing with the logical conclusion of that observation: That life is ingrained with a sort of meaninglessness. So they played the three vignettes. Two which end in tragedy, and one which ends in a neat, completely implausible happy ending (a caricature of the typical Hollywood love story). What is the difference between the 3, as far as the decisions and actions of the protagonists? But what was the same? That faced with an impossible situation, Lola ran her friggin' ass off. So I think what they were saying that whether at the end Lola died, Manni died, or they ended up walking into the sunset with a big bag of money, it's all the same. Lola loved Manni. The situations, happy or sad, simply display the character of the relationship. No? Man, though. My favorite scene is in the first vignette, when she's looking through the store window while he's sticking it up, asking him why he didn't wait...beautiful.