Tom Tykwer’s film Run Lola Run, utilizes the concepts of time, destiny, and fate to portray a story of two lovers in an unfortunate and seemingly impossible situation. At the beginning of the film, two quotes are presented; one from T.S Elliot and one from Herberger. T.S Elliot’s quote dealt with the concept of exploration and time as a cyclical process, whereas Herberger’s statement referenced life as a game. Although the two quotes seem rather unrelated, when brought together in the context of the film, they shape the main message depicted in the story.

In addition to the clever and rich depth of the storyline itself, the use of various editing and filming techniques made it visually pleasing as well. The use of a flashback scene in the beginning of the film effectively set the pace of the story as well as setting up a clear and understandable context for the rest of the film. Furthermore, the butterfly snapshots sequences of random strangers lives at first seemed random, but later added to the underlying theme of how choices affect our destiny. Maya Deren’s message about how editing enables a creator to dictate a new reality is revealed in this film in various subtle manners. For example, Deren uses the example of making a staircase seem longer than it is simply by varying the film angle used and this similar technique is used in the scene of the telephone falling back to its original position. Overall, this fast paced action film was highly entertaining and well made.