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shows up). Similarly, the script uses both real and imagined events of WWII to pose some intriguing questions about sacrifice and whether the ends justify the means, giving the film a strong present-day resonance in the process. On top of that, the use of music is equally inspired, whether it's Martha performing a rocking 1940s version of The Kinks’ Girl, You Really Got Me Going (it's possible to see the implied effect on The Kinks’ career as clever foreshadowing) or a vision of a dystopian future, where all pop music is fascist in tone (written by Hannon) and the biggest pop star in the world is ‘Reginald
Fucking Watson’ (Shaun Boylan)." Starburst also praised the performances and soundtrack writing "Beautifully soundtracked and well shot (using, in part, period accurate cameras), Lola is a clever and charming sci-fi comedy. Appleton and Martini both impress as the sisters, drawing a believable portrait of sisterly love, camaraderie and vastly different expressions of what Doing The Right Thing looks like. Offbeat as it may be, the stakes are real, and Lola conjures a number of classic time travel dilemmas and paradoxes, ultimately tying into the found footage form itself. Offbeat and unexpected, a truly unique utilisation of medium and, uh,
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many times before, but weaves a more complex story, very neatly tied together and, in its totality, addressing one of science fiction's trickier big questions." She also praised the soundtrack, "Rounding out all this, and coming into full bloom as we begin to see more of the reshaped future, is some brilliantly rewritten music, exploring how key songs and movements might have turned out in a different cultural context. This provides a strange form of delight as the story grows increasingly dark."
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visits her house. A bomb explodes, planted by Mars who is immediately captured and hanged on a tree in the front yard by the
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also praised the soundtrack "whose sinister dystopian glam rock is horribly convincing" and concluded "this is an ingenious, exhilarating film: it demands rewatches, revels in time-twisting inventiveness and has a lot to say about the actual present day as it contemplates how good intentions might
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gave the film a rating of "B", writing that "The genius of Legge's design, and why his debut works as more than just a cute little curio despite its thinness, is that it mines a sneaky emotionality from the bedrock of the film-within-a-film structure." Jennie
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