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Article: A German Carrot Top Pursues Love on the Run.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1999
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Byline: Andrew Sarris
Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run combines pleasingly postmodern kinetic energy with exquisitely lyrical romanticism that creeps up on you-even as punk carrot-topped Lola (Franka Potente) runs nonstop through the streets of Berlin to save the life of her drug-dealing boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) after he has botched an exchange of narcotics for money. This isn't the kind of story that is likely to attract the Masterpiece Theater faction or the art-house crowd, particularly since there is a tiny amount of facetious gunplay involved. Then there is the rebellious youth text and subtext, which cuts both ways with audiences. The older members shy ...
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