“Lola Rennt” has some of the most creative and unique cinematography and editing that I have seen in a film. It is fitting though, considering how unique the plot is and how the story is told.
Because the film uses roughly the same sequence three times, with a few changes each time, it needed to be visually exciting. It was able to achieve that through the creativity in the cinematography. Lola was filmed running from a lot of different perspectives to curb the monotony of sprinting down sidewalks for long periods of time. It also cut well with the fast paced music to build the suspense and tension of the moment. According to imdb.com, the average shot length was only about 2.7 seconds, and there were 1,581 transitions in just 71 minutes of action, which kept up with the fast pace of the movie.
I am a little bit surprised “Lola Rennt” did not recieve more Oscar attention, but foriegn films do tend to have a harder time. The editing and cinematography were at least on par, if not better, than a lot of American blockbuster films.
