DR. MARTA SHEARING
My two most recent purchases were the British TV movie Max Headroom (1985) – the first videotape I have purchased in years – and the German action thriller Run Lola Run (1998), both as suggested by my frequent viewings of the Bourne Films (though I have still not managed to watch all five at one sitting). Matt Frewer played Max Headroom back in the day, and I am still delighted whenever I spot him in other films and TV shows in the years since. In The Bourne Legacy (the one Bourne Film that does not feature Matt Damon, even in the several flashbacks from the earlier films), I had thought that Matt Frewer played the scientist named Dr. Donald Foite who shoots up the laboratory and very nearly kills the female lead Dr. Marta Shearing (played by Rachel Weisz). But it turns out that I was wrong about that; Dr. Donald Foite is actually portrayed by Željko Ivanek.
Run Lola Run has probably the best adaptation of the Groundhog Day motif that I have ever seen, as Lola goes over a variety of scenarios (filmed multi-media style) hoping to find one that will save her boyfriend. The film stars Franka Potente, who plays Jason Bourne’s girlfriend Marie Kreutz in the first two Bourne Films. One time when Peggy and I were visiting her son Mal, Run Lola Run was the only DVD that I noticed beside his TV.
(Year 10 Review)
