Lola (1981)
Ten years after the war, West Germany's market economy is booming. Into an unnamed city that's rife with corruption comes a new building commissioner, Herr von Bohm, committed to progress but also upright. He's smitten by Marie-Louise, a single mother who's his landlady's daughter. Von Bohm does not realize she is also Lola, a singer at a bordello and the mistress of Schuckert, a local builder whose profits depend on von Bohm's projects... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich
Starring: Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Sukowa, Hark Bohm, Ivan Desny, Karin Baal, Matthias Fuchs, Elisabeth Volkmann, Helga Feddersen
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
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Lola belongs to 17 collections
1. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
2. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 32 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
5. Great color cinematography (collaborative: moderated by Alex Watkins - 16 stars)
6. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 11 stars)
7. New German Cinema (collaborative: moderated by lucbapt - 10 stars)
8. David Thomson's 1000 Films (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
9. List: Taschen (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
10. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)
11. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray and 4K) (public: PepeCamello - 3 stars)
12. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
13. Cinetheque (public: allegreller - 1 star)
14. Versátil Home Video (collaborative: moderated by allegreller)
15. 1981: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
16. My DVD Collection (public: balseiros)
17. Blu-ray Collection (public: TripEuphoric)
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Nathan S | 4 74th |
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Two opposites fall in love, the only thing in common between them is that they are seemingly out of place. The title is Lola but the story centers around Von Bohm, the practical and dignified bureaucrat driven to romantic notions of vengeance. He is the odd man out in a world of corruption and dubious morality, candy coated in an ecstasy of colors to give the entire thing a bittersweet tone.
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Moribunny | 70 75th |
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I don't think there was a single piece of lighting in this film that wasn't colored. At one point he unashamedly lets us see the lamps in their fixtures close up, and they are orange (with a green-lit room in the background). Lola is a strange little one of those love-as-politics/politics-as-love double-edged allegories. It's past Fassbinder's peak, but it's still good.
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AFlickering | 5 75th |
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someone on RYM said "the photography lets this one down a bit, but plot-wise it's one of fassbinder's best", which is certainly a take.
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| 1 | Heather_S09 | 79 75th |
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"Ich bin die fesche Lola..." Best Von Sternberg remake, an ambitious project only Fassbinder could have suceeded in.
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KasperL | 80 86th |
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Highly stylized. Somewhat satirical? I was hooked by both story and acting throughout. I really have to see more of Fassbinder's work asap.
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Seethruskin | 6 95th |
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The colours were out of control
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| Average Percentile 65.42% from 356 Ratings |  |