Hollywood-styletimetraveltalesliketofocustheirattentiononculturalfadsandfashions:clothes,music,slang,dailytechnologies.Theingeniouslylow-budgetIrishsci-fifilmLOLAhasfunwithallofthat,butalsoinvestigatesdarker,moreglobalquestionslike:whatifGermanyhadwonWorldWarIIaaa
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.
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