Run Lola Run

In the beginning of Run Lola Run, we see a sense of fantasy, because it shows Lola running as a cartoon character breaking names. Another time she was a cartoon character, was when she was running down the stairs in her apartment, trying to get past the man and the dog. It took her three times to go through everything until something good happened. Just like in the Grimms Fairytale, it happens three times. And there needs to be a happy ever after. At the end of the movie, they ended up with the extra $100,000, after Manni paid the man. The film switches from reality to fantasy. In the beginning, the reality was she didn’t show up to help Manni, so Manni was in trouble. If she had not been late, then he would not have been in trouble. They lost the bag of money of $100,000 on the train. Lola had to try and find $100,000 some way, to save her boyfriend. The first time we see the fantasy after this reality, she sees an old man show up, like a cartoon. Then she sees flashes of people pop up in her mind, like her mom, dad, and others who will be part of this movie. The cartoon of Lola was shown as her having curly red hair, and big eyes. The first time Lola runs by the man and his dog, the dog growls. Whenever Lola ran by someone on the street, something bad would happen to them, this is another sense of reality, it’s real, you can’t change it. On the street, the lady with the baby went to jail, the lady in bank died, the guy in car crashes. The second time it was a rerun, Lola ran down the stairs as the cartoon character, and tripped down the stairs from the man. This tells me that the reality will not be off to a good start, and they have one more try to get it correct. This time, when Lola bumped into someone on the street, something good would happen to them, or something bad. For instance, the lady on the street wins the lottery. Every time she saw her father in the bank, it would be a different story. This time, she throws things at her father. Manni almost made it through with the money on this scene, but he was on the street and once he heard Lola call his name, he got hit by a car. So they were pretty close in this second flashback, and they had one more time to get it right. The third time, I knew it was off to a good start, when in the fiction world of the cartoon character, Lola jumped over the man and the dog. Another instance of something happening three times, is her screaming very loud. She was able to win everything back by going to the casino.
There was also an interesting color change, of a red screen, after Lola or Manni got hurt, and it was like a flashback to them in bed. Lola asked Manni if he loved her, and Manni asked Lola what would happen if he died. This was right after they both got hurt, and having their own flashback. I see this “red” as signifying Violence, like in Perceval. The third time, they got through the violence, and was able to receive the money.