For the first part of class we discussed the homework questions, from Run Lola Run, and turned them in.

*The questions and answers are:

1.   Run Lola Run tells the same episode three times.

A.  Which elements of the story are exactly the same, if any?

Manny’s starting position is always at the phone booth.  Lola is always seen dropping the phone all three times.  The conversation of the mother is the same. 

B.    Which elements change?

The people who Lola bump into, the ending, and wreck between the Mr. and the three guys.  Mainly everything changes because of the incident on the stairs.

C.  Which elements are found in only one or two of the versions?

Lola in the casino and Lola and Manny in the bed together.

2.   What are the themes of this movie?  That is, what is the film about?

The theme of the film is time and how you use it. Chance and coincidence and choice are other themes in the film.

3.   Describe the music.  How does it change during the movie or does it?

The music is upbeat.  It sounds like techno.  More words and instruments are added each time that the story starts over.

4.   Describe what you feel are the pivotal scenes in this film.  Why do you find these scenes important?

Missing her dad at the bank.  Gambling at the casino.  Manny receiving money from homeless man is a solution.

5.   Why is introducing a soccer match an appropriate way to begin the film?

It is related to the theme of the movie.  In a soccer match, all you do is run and that’s all that was done in this movie.  Also, it’s appropriate because one play always leads to another and depending on which play you choose, will determine the outcome of you choice.

 Next, the class watched the movie “Black Orpheus”, which was just a retelling of the old myth of “Orpheus and Eurydice”.  Also, Dr. Reimer handed out a few questions about the movie and a reading on the myth of “Orpheus and Eurydice”.  You don’t have to turn in the questions but please look over them for your own good.  Also be sure to look over the reading it will help you understand the movie a little better.  The questions, for “Black Orpheus” are provided below.

Questions.

1.     How does Marcel Camus transfer the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the film?

2.     What role does the carnival play in the film?

3.     Describe Camus’s use of colors.

4.     Describe Camus’s use of music.

5.     Compare Camus’s film with Jean Cocteau’s Orfee.  What are the similarities and differences in the story?  What are the similarities and differences in the way the story is told?

6.     Are you familiar with any other versions of the story “Orpheus and Eurydice” or with films that have a similar theme of coming back from the dead?

7.     Why do you think this myth hold so much power over imagination?