Fruitvale Station: Life has no next stop

Carolyne 2022-03-25 09:01:13

(Written by Zhi Ning on January 7, 2014)
The film "Fruitvale Station" based on true events, a very calm narrative style, directed by Ryan Coogler's The control is good, and there are hardly any extra shots and unnecessary cutscenes in the whole film. It is difficult to believe that this is Coogler's directorial debut.
Because of the sensitivities of the characters and stories it deals with, it is also classified as a film that reflects the complex issues of race and class that still exist in American society today. It is a big production that seems to be long and exhausting, but this film is very ingenious, ingenious and ingenious.
From the beginning of the film, the audience knew that something extremely unfortunate would happen, but the film still told the last day of the protagonist's black youth, 22-year-old Oscar Grant, in a very orderly manner. The young man with good qualities is living his day without alertness and in a slow manner. Although some of his efforts to change the current bad situation are not effective, he still walks with a hope for life and the future. Get on the subway bound for San Francisco, ready to welcome the new year.
While the film unfolds the narrative objectively and calmly, it also shows the performance potential of the actors. Octavia Spencer plays Mama Wanda, the former best female supporting actress who is accurate. The ability to control and reproduce the changes in the character's mood is amazing. Even Katie, a supermarket customer played by Ana O'Reilly who played soy sauce, played a role in adjusting and even promoting the plot just right.
For many people, sudden impermanence is the greatest disaster in life, and this seems to be one of the implications of the film, in which the audience can see many harmless factors leading to fatal results. For example, when Katie saw the enthusiastic Oscar who had helped her in the supermarket during the day in the subway car, she greeted her politely and enthusiastically, but did not want this normal interpersonal greeting to make Oscar's former mortal enemy recognize him, and then It brought a series of unimaginable troubles, and the brutal interference of law enforcement officers eventually led to irreversible results. Another example, mother Wanda worried that it would be unsafe to drive out at night, so she asked her son to take the subway. As a result, this ride became Oscar's point of no return.
In the past, the mother refused the hug request of the lost son. When she wanted to hug the son again, the son had become a corpse. At this time, she was grief-stricken and politely told that because of the murder charge, she needed to protect the scene. Can't touch...
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  • Mckenna 2022-04-22 07:01:40

    The actors put it in the film, and the rank is judged. . . Octavia Spencer crushed all the actors in this film, Michael B. Jordan is very aura but still tender, the heroine is a bit messy.

  • Jalyn 2022-04-24 07:01:16

    real power. I can't help but think of "The Elephant" and You Dazhi's "Very Sudden".

Fruitvale Station quotes

  • Wanda: You guys got plans for the night?

    Oscar Grant: Yeah, nothing major, though. Might meet up with the fellas, head out to the city.

    Wanda: You guys going "out" out, or...

    Oscar Grant: I think we're just gonna be low-key. Catch the fireworks, probably roll around a little bit after that.

    Wanda: Roll around?

    Oscar Grant: Yeah, it's gonna be cool, though. Chill. Plus, Phina gotta get up and go to work in the morning anyway.

    Wanda: You guys gonna be drinking?

    Oscar Grant: Mama, they gonna be drinking. I haven't had a drink since... I can't even remember.

    Wanda: Mm. Why don't you take the train out there? That way you guys can drink and hang out and not have to worry about anything.

    Oscar Grant: Nah, I feel like getting over there and getting back. Not waiting on no train.

    Wanda: No traffic, either. You know? You know it's gonna be crazy, going and coming back.

    Oscar Grant: Yeah, we might take it.

    Wanda: Don't make me follow you guys to make sure. Remember prom?

    Oscar Grant: Trying to forget.

  • Oscar Grant: Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?

    Cephus: The Steelers.

    Oscar Grant: Steelers?

    Cephus: Yeah, the Steelers.

    Daryl: What?

    Cephus: Yeah.

    Daryl: A Raiders fan cheerin' for the Steelers.

    Cephus: Yes, a Raiders fan cheerin' for the Steelers. Black uniforms, black players, black coach. Coach even has a black wife. I'm going for the Steelers.

    Daryl: You insane!