Pothole Pictures Film Series - Night on Earth

Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), has lost 100,000 marks that he owes to a Berlin mobster. Lola (Franka Potente) has 20 minutes to find that money & get it to Manni or he will be killed. That’s the setup for this thrilling roller-coaster ride that presents 3 different scenarios of what might happen & demonstrates how each small decision we make can cause large differences in our lives. Throwing every cinematic trick at us – speedup, b&w, still-frame, animation, swirling alternate points of view, split screens – all to a pounding techno score – it’s gimmicky and whooshing but it also has substance & a searing message of crazed optimism & endless possibilities. In German w/English subtitles. Dir. Tom Tykwer. 1998. Color. R. 88 min.
Music before the Movie:
Friday & Saturday at 7pm – The Dinner Collective – Western Massachusetts Lola music - Wayne Smith & Lysha Smith, on cello & electronica, perform their own original score to this silent Russian film LIVE both nights!