Run Lola Run!
Theme
Chaos Theory/ Butterfly Effect
(Cause & Effect/ Domino Effect)
Presentation by Davina Price
What is Chaos Theory?
• To simplify as much as possible: chaos theory
is a study of mathematics that include physics,
philosophy, and a few other subjects.
• The overall idea of Chaos Theory is to study
the behavior of the Dynamical System (time
dependence at a geometrical space, i.e.
swinging pendulum on a clock.)
• This study shows how sensitive events are to
the conditions, leading to what’s called the
“Butterfly Effect.”
• Mainly people find this type of theory to be
easy to observe in weather.
• “Explanation of such behavior may be sought
through analysis of a chaotic mathematic
model, or through analytical techniques such
as recurrence plots and Poincaré maps.”
(Source: Wikipedia)
Relevance…
• The movie portrayed
multiple spiral cases within
each scenario. The most
memorable one was the
cartooned version of Lola
running down the stair
case, where the scenarios
begin to change beginning
with the boy and his dog.
http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archi
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What is the Butterfly Effect?
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The Butterfly Effect is the huge dependence on
certain events, where one small change in one
place can determine a different end result.
An example of this effect would be the beginning
of the “first run” and “second run” in the film:
In the first run the boy’s dog growls at her,
causing her to run faster. Later she would run
into a woman who in the future was going to steal
a child.
In the second run Lola is tripped by the boy, who
then falls down the stairs and injures her leg.
Same as before, she collides with the woman,
only in the future she would win the lottery, not
steal a child.
Although this type of effect is deemed unlikely
and is common in fictional writings involving time
travel, this hypothesis is used to study and
determine other, non-fictional events in life.
*Note that the picture looks like the
chaos theory diagram. →
Some scenes that portray spirals…
• Throughout the movie they create an
allusion of another movie called
“Vertigo” which had reoccurring
spirals in it as well.
• As well as to tie into the effect of the
Chaos Theory, the diagram can be
closely described as a “spiral of
events.”
…No spirals, however this was the
3rd event on how she got the money. (I
forgot it’s relevance at current.)
Why is this so important?
• The overall idea of the Chaos Theory and Butterfly
Effect are major chunks of the movie “Run Lola
Run!”
• These theory’s are what create the ever changing
plot in the movie, the differences from scenarios 1,
2, and 3 are all because of the idea of Butterfly
Effect, where time travel is proposed, and Chaos
Theory, the reoccurrence of events.
Agreement with the theme?
• Sure. As strange as the
movie is, it does present
the two scientific theories in
an organized fashion with
an understanding of what
both means.
As well as strange, this movie made the themes
thought provoking and strange, this is good
because it gives people who have watched the
movie, take time to recall the events and possibly
think: “Hmm, now that’s interesting.”
The Sum Up:
• Chaos Theory:
– Event sensitivity
– Reoccurrence of events
• Butterfly Effect:
– Dependence on events
– Time lapsing
– The “spiral of events”
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http://www.scenicreflections.com/files/Butterfly_Effect_Wallpaper__yvt2.JPG
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenz_attractor_yb.svg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
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