16 August 2007

Choose one important symbol in the film and explain why you think it is used, what it relates to and your thoughts.

20 - The number 20 is used numerous times within the film. The main function of the number within the film is to represent the time that Lola has to find the money for Manni. The use of a number as a key symbol is ideal within a film as there are many different ways it can be expressed. In the film it is shown by numerous clocks and watches, shown on the roulette wheel and also twenty minutes of "film time" is filmed in real time, and the ability to be able to show the symbol in many different ways really expresses the symbol dominantly. I think this is a very effective symbol within the film and also has been used very wisely.