Mariel Capanna Film Series: Time Constraints—Run Lola Run

Mariel Capanna imposes time constraints upon herself as part of her painting practice. In honor of Capanna’s public spaces installation, this series showcases films by directors who worked within time constraints.

The series continues with a screening of Run Lola Run (1998). Run Lola Run feels like a video game playing you. The same story is told three times, each with a slight twist. Lola (Franka Potente) must somehow raise 100,000 German marks in twenty minutes to save her forgetful, criminal boyfriend from his gangster boss. A techno-punk mélange of styles, including animation, it was uncommonly prescient, both in gesturing toward the uncertain future of cinema and in capturing the bizarre mixture of optimism and cynicism that marked the maturation of Gen-X, fittingly set in a recently unified Berlin. Tom Tykwer’s direction catches your eye, and Potente’s performance holds it, stitching together the frenetic puzzle. (Run time: 1 hour, 20 minutes)

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. Details: clarkart.edu/events

Image: Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer, 1998