Hollywood-styletimetraveltalesliketofocustheirattentiononculturalfadsandfashions:clothes, music, slang, dailytechnologies.Theingeniouslylow-budgetIrishsci-fifilmLOLAhasfunwithallofthat, butalsoinvestigatesdarker, moreglobalquestionslike:whatifGermanyhadwonWorldWarII?Piecedtogetherindazzling16mmasanimaginarycollageofinterlockingaudio-visualdocumentsfromthe1940s, AndrewLegge, directinghisdebutfeature, conjuresthelivesoftwogiftedandlivelysisters, ThomasinaandMartha.Lefttotheirowndevicesaschildren, thepairhasmanagedtocreateamachinethatreceivesmediabroadcastsfromthefuture.Intheirpersonal, cloistered, punkparadise, theyembracetherebelliousstylesofanagetocome–TheKinks, DavidBowie–butalsodiscover, whenmilitarypersonnelmovein, thathistoryisadangerousgametotoywith.Theultimatequestionbecomes:ifmassmediacanchangetheworld, cancinemamiraculouslyrestoreit?Justlikethemonumenttobricolagecreatedbyitscharacters, LOLAisaninspiredconceitinthestyleofGuyMaddin, WoodyAllen’sZelig(1983)andPeterJackson’sForgottenSilver(1996).It’sasurrealrompthroughscratches, glitchesandspeculativepossibilities.源自:https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/lola
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