To reduce debate about film to "style" versus "substance" is
overly simplistic, I believe. Are the "City of Lost Children" or "Raise the Red Lantern" victories of "style",
"substance" or neither. "Rin Lola Run" has been the victim of what we in Australia call the "tall poppy syndrome". Twyker produces a brilliant electric offbeat film, and no-one knows how to handle it. To overly praise the director for this creation, however, may be ill-advised. Tarantino, after all seems on reflection to be a one genre director who, when all is said and done, is ineffective at deploring violence, and eventually may pale in the face of such incredible films as "Funny Games". It's true that some films are meant to be enjoyed, but this film can't easily be dismissed as pop trash. The film comes closer to masterpiece than mess, and I, for one absolutely adored it, and could watch it five times before I sat through "Manon des Sources" again, for example.