About a million years ago, I took a cute girl on a date to see the cult movie Lola Rennt. I felt pretty cool for knowing all about hip German cinema. I eventually married the girl, so she must also have thought I was pretty cool.
Well, a few days ago, I found out that Netflix remade the film last year. In Hindi!
Looop Lapeta (লুপ লাপেটা - literally "Crazy Situation Looping") is a hyper-modern update of the original, and it is joyous. It's lovely seeing a film made by someone who likes film-making. Most Netflix films are content to point static cameras at actors and hope for the best. This absolutely revels in cinematic trickery. The updates contain lots of subtle (and not so subtle) nods to the original. The whole cast are gold, but it's Shreya Dhanwanthary who shines with an absolutely scene-stealing monologue in a deftly filmed uncut shot.
It doesn't have quite the tension of the original and is perhaps a little stretched out. The use of flashbacks is fun, but the slow-motion sequences do drag a bit. The Gappu & Appu comic relief felt a bit tacked on.
I can thoroughly recommend it as a delightfully bonkers film.
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Cool! I'll have to check it out.
I inflicted Run Lola Run on a bunch of 15/16 year old students of mine last year because I respected their intelligence. They conceded a) It was awesome and b) They made a mistake voting to watch the English dubbed version rather than the German-with-subtitles one.
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@Edent Lola Rennt is such a good film. Was that one of your first dates together? impressed face
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@Edent - Thanks for reviewing this - I've some fond memories of seeing ‘Run Lola Run’ at the 📽 Metro Cinema in #Derby back in the 90's so a nice reminder. 🙂
(And your post prompted me to spend the afternoon listening to the 🎧 #Soundtrack - perfect for pushing through to the end of the week. 😄)derbysoundtrack
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@Edent - … and just seen there is a #4K release of ‘Run Lola Run’ - https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/run-lola-run/umc.cmc.512bu8by86puy4k0oz4p7pk21 - so another 'Thank You' for the reminder of this great film. 🙂4kRun Lola Run - Apple TV (UK)
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