In 1999, "Run Lola Run" felt like a video game that was playing you. It still does, but what's thrilling about it now is its optimism.
  • nicerdicer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    21 days ago

    An excerpt from a related article from the same website:

    And making the low-budget movie meant long hours and, as the title suggests, a lot of running. “Run Lola Run” finds its 20-something protagonist in a race against the clock to help her boyfriend replace a drug dealer’s bag of money that he lost. Most movie stars would sign up for a few triathlons or employ Usain Bolt’s trainer to get ready for such a gig. Not Potente.

    “I didn’t do any preparation really,” she admits. “I was probably smoking two packs of cigarettes a day at that point. And I was doing all this running — I was running in rehearsals, I was running when we shot all the different takes, and I would run again so we could get the sound right. I was carried along by all this energy.”

    Ah, the 90s… It was still is a great movie.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run