[TheRat]

I first watched this film by chance on BBC 2 I think. Missed the first 10 minutes but was captured by it’s originality.
I feel I must explain at this stage why I am such a film fan, and hate Hollywood in general. I used to watch the same old, same old shit and was getting bored of it. I slowly watched the odd “strange film” and found them much more entertaining. Then a now mate of mine moved into my halls at uni and he was doing a scriptwriting, he in turn introduced me to some different films and I have never looked back. In fact I hate watching films that aren’t even slightly original or just hollywood stories.
Lola Rennt was one of the films I watched and it changed my viewpoint on films totally, even now.
The camera work, score and direction is pretty much different to a lot of modern films you would see. The story in its essence is fairly basic, but its enough to keep you gripped throughout easily.
Some talented actors are involved. Moritz Bleibteu plays Lolas boyfriend who calls on her help (from the amazing film Das Experiment), and the now famous Franka Potente (The Bourne Identity) who plays Lola, a girlfriend desperate to help her boyfriend who has bitten off more than he can chew.
As far as the film goes I don’t know much more than to say the soundtrack is spot on, really causes haste, and the direction could not be better. When i first saw this I had not seen another film that had tried anything like this, or pulled it off in this manner.
Tom Tykwer really established himself as a top director here, and was the only person who wanted to and was allowed to direct Suskinds novel, “Perfume: A Story Of A Murderer”
This was always going to be a difficult novel to transfer to film but he did a decent enough job, and although the book was 100 times better this was to be expected.
In this day and age all I really look for in films is originality, and this brought it. Too many remakes and clichés, but this broke the mould and is a must see in my opinion.