In the past Oscars party, the film "Twelve Years as a Slave", which was also a black subject, finally won the best film. However, "The White House Steward" and "Frutville Station", which were also black films, were ignored. However, their artistic quality is not low at all. As an independent film, compared with films such as "True", "Frozen River", and "Winter Bones" that were shortlisted a few years ago, films such as "Frutville Station" In order to ignore it, it is actually a bit wronged. But it can only be said that in the past 2013, it was a big year for literary and artistic films, and the final 10 films of the best films, each of which was very good. At the Oscars, there is no Oscar, which is a small regret, but this does not detract from the characteristics and artistry of the film.
The existence of "Fruitville Station" tells people that there is another side to America today. Just like "Destined to Heaven" to China, it is also warning us, telling us that this country is not perfect and that we need to make more efforts. However, the celestial dynasty thought we were harmonious enough, and the existence of films like "Heaven Is Destined" was nothing more than making trouble, so it was blocked. In fact, if you bury your head like an ostrich, you think the world is too peaceful. This kind of concealment can only make people laugh, and cannot conceal the bloody reality. It is unwise to fail to provide real medical treatment, and the social illness will continue to brew.
"Fruitville Station" faithfully restores the details of Oscar Juliette Grant II's life the day before his death with a line drawing technique. He didn't know that he would die suddenly one day later, so this day was just like an ordinary day, and everything went on as usual. But it is this ordinary, in sharp contrast with the subsequent death, everything seems unusual, but with a strong irony effect.
Oscar cannot be regarded as a good person in the strict sense. He was once a drug dealer. But in the United States, the existence of the "American Dream" does not mean that a person can achieve success no matter what he has done before, as long as he reforms and is willing to work hard. Now Oscar, he has broken away from the business of harming others and himself, and has found a normal job in a supermarket. If you stick to it, who dares to say that this is not the origin of the "American Dream"? Moreover, Oscar also wants to be a good man, a good husband and father, and a good son. As a good man, he volunteered to help a girl who could not cook in the supermarket, called his grandma to teach this one-sided girl, and she became a culinary expert; as a good husband, he sincerely loves his own Wife; As a good father, he treats his daughter even with a spoiling feeling; as a good son, he carefully prepares birthday gifts for his mother, and even helps his sister prepare greeting cards for her mother. It's just that he has been a little uncomfortable recently, his job in the supermarket has been quit, and he needs to find another job. But none of this overwhelmed him. On New Year's Eve, he took his wife and followed a group of friends to watch the New Year's fireworks from Oakland to downtown San Francisco. Sadly, the delay of the subway made them stay on the subway during the countdown to the New Year. But this still did not hinder the joy of this group of black friends, who celebrated the New Year and enjoyed it.
But on the subway back to Oakland, Oscar's shuttle on the subway triggered a fight among several people in the subway, which formed a small panic. When the subway reached Fruitville Station, the police began to intervene in the brawl and boarded the subway to look for people involved in the brawl. At that time, several white police officers pressed Oscar and their friends to the subway station and intended to take them to the police station. Oscar began to protest loudly, believing that this was not enough to make them arrested. Moreover, while arguing, Oscar advised other friends to calm down. The police were too lazy to listen to their yelling and decided to handcuff them up and take them away. Oscar's struggle caused a white police officer to pull out a pistol and fired a shot in the back of Oscar. And this shot was fatal. The bullet was shot through Oscar's back, pierced his lungs, and passed through his front shoulder. Then Oscar was taken to the hospital, the doctor did not save his life.
This was a tragedy that could have been avoided, but it happened. The only mistake was the hot-headed policeman. In the subsequent trial, the police involved claimed that he mistakenly used the pistol as a stun gun. He claimed that he had only wanted to give Oscar a shock so as to better subdue him. However, the video showed that the policeman's gun-drawing action and gun-holding posture were not enough to prove that he took the pistol by mistake. Finally, the jury found the police guilty of manslaughter and betrayed and served in a state prison for 2 years. But he was released after serving 11 months in prison.
All this has proved the difference between black and white, and has become a strong evidence of racial discrimination in the United States. In the United States today, racial discrimination is an extremely politically incorrect behavior, and it is also a social persecution. Therefore, the death of Oscar is considered a huge stain. Moreover, it is also a huge social warning.
In this sense, "Heaven Is Destined" is our own "Fruitville Station". However, our "Destined to Heaven" constitutes another kind of cold joke in its existence.
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