WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 2 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a screening of "Run Lola Run," the third in a series of films celebrating Mariel Capanna's yearlong public spaces installation Giornata. 

 

The screening takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

 

Inspired by Capanna's practice of imposing time constraints upon herself while painting, this five-part series showcases films by directors who worked within time constraints.

 

"Run Lola Run" (1998) feels like a video game playing you. The same story is told three times, each with a slight twist. Lola (Franka Potente) must somehow raise 100,000 German marks in twenty minutes to save her forgetful, criminal boyfriend from his gangster boss. A techno-punk mélange of styles, including animation, it was uncommonly prescient, both in gesturing toward the uncertain future of cinema and in capturing the bizarre mixture of optimism and cynicism that marked the maturation of Gen-X, fittingly set in a recently unified Berlin. Tom Tykwer's direction catches your eye, and Potente's performance holds it, stitching together the frenetic puzzle. (Run Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes)

 

All films in this series are free and screened on select Thursdays at 6 pm. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.