At first, there was darkness. Then a low thumping bass. The slow ticking of a clock as the pendulum swings menacingly back and forth. The opening credits sweep before us. Then with a loud burst of synthesized techno sound, writer/director Tom Tykwer's energetic and chaotically creative film Run Lola Run started. And, less than a minute into 1999's most frantic, frenetic and uniquely paced trip, there is no turning back. Run Lola Run has …showed first 75 words of 528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 528 total…ch a fashion that, despite the fact we're just watching Lola run across town, we are also being told of numerous different stories along the way. Bold and vibrantly colorful shot, Run Lola Run was the most adventurous, daring and experimental piece of new wave filmmaking in recent times. Tywker's command of the material at hand is superb and the pacing phenomenal. This wasn't a film, so much as it was an experience.