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