Extended Reading
  • Toby 2021-12-28 08:01:32

    The entanglement of escape and welcome

    I watched this film with deep expectations, but it was not until the end of the film that I realized that my expectations deviated too far from this film.
        There are two reasons why I watched this film. One is because the title attracts me. Frankly speaking, I will always unconsciously give...

  • Joannie 2022-03-23 09:02:30

    America is a democracy

    A white police officer who kills a black man only needs to be sentenced to 2 years and 11 months in prison. . . . . . This is what happened in the US in 2009. A black teenager armed with a knife was shot dead by 9 shots while surrounded by a group of police in Toronto, Canada. . Just like in 2013,...

  • Isabel 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    6 points, the Sundance Awards finally gave this film that relies on real events to shape characters. In the absence of a particularly outstanding film, this choice is not bad. [Score range 6-7 points]

  • Trisha 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    No wonder Wen Fat likes it.

Fruitvale Station quotes

  • Sophina: What game you running now, Osc? You ain't shit, you know that? You lie to me, you lie to your fucking daughter.

    Oscar Grant: I ain't had to tell your ass nothing. Food on the table, the lights still on. I could've kept getting it, and you wouldn't have known shit.

    Sophina: Oh, so you would have just kept faking? And been out there bustin' knocks, and doing whatever else, or whoever else...

    Oscar Grant: You say you want the truth, right? Well, you ain't even tryin' to hear me.

    Sophina: [talking over each other] ... you do while I'm at work...

    Oscar Grant: You're not even trying to hear me.

    Sophina: Not after you lie for two weeks, get cornered, and don't have a choice. That's some pussy-ass shit. What'd you do today, huh? I bet you sold that fucking zip.

    Oscar Grant: I dumped that shit, Phina. That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm tired. Thought I could start over fresh, but... shit ain't workin' out.

    Sophina: You threw a whole zip of weed out and you don't got a job? I could slap you right now.

  • Oscar Grant: [picking Tatiana up from pre-school, they race to the car] Undefeated! Undefeated! You still haven't beaten me yet. You know that, right?

    Tatiana: Eh.

    Oscar Grant: Eh.

    Sophina: [after he jumps on the roof] What are you doing?

    Oscar Grant: What you mean?

    Sophina: You're going to break this car!

    Oscar Grant: I... it's gonna be aight. It'll be aight.

    Sophina: It's already falling apart.

    Oscar Grant: I can't lose. Undefeated.

    Sophina: Daddy cheated.

    Oscar Grant: Daddy's 100 and 0.

    Sophina: Big, big, big cheater. You're a cheater.

    Oscar Grant: I didn't cheat. How do you know if I cheated or not? You were sitting in the car. T, Mommy's a hater.