Oscar Grant, an ordinary-looking black young man, he bought marijuana, went to jail, got a job in a supermarket, and lost it because he was late. This is a common role in American movies, usually black, basically in the street hanging out in the image of a mess, from time to time I see a few brothers of the same skin color, fists lightly, and say "yo, dude". Oscar's body exudes the natural civilian color, a bit scornful, and essentially does not take the initiative to harm others. He shows enthusiasm and cheerfulness, optimism and positivity, but also shows helplessness and frustration, frustration and sensitivity. He has his own lover, but he also messes with him from time to time. He has a daughter who doesn't mind his "lifeless" state. He is in the stage of transforming from an illegal career in the past to an ordinary legal job. It is a bit painful, but he seems to have lived a life. It's also like that. The whole film is full of the feeling of a TV station following a documentary for most of the time. The parents show all aspects of the life of a black young man, have dinner with his mother and grandma, and celebrate the New Year with friends. It seems that life is still beautiful and full of hope. Yes, this group of low-level youths can also play music and sing and dance in the subway. The director meticulously made life look so ordinary, as if this time, Oscar will return to his home as usual, and continue his life with his wife and daughter in an uncertain future.
However, Oscar’s life stepped into a sudden change at Fruitwell Station. The foreshadowings laid by the director before broke out again. Sudden conflicts, sudden arrests, sudden outbreaks, sudden gunshots, the life of a black youth In this way, it ended completely at Fruitwell Station. It seems that this is another tragedy full of sensitive racial issues. Oscar ran into bad luck because of conflicts with white prisoners in prison, and was treated extremely rudely by white policemen, and was eventually shot and killed by white policemen. Although institutionally, the issue of racial discrimination in the United States has disappeared as a whole, but history will not quickly wash away the traces of the past and the more long-term impact. In American film and television dramas, on the one hand, we can often see the gap between the living conditions of black Americans and whites. Because of historical reasons, their education and economic accumulation are limited, which has led to the bottoming of society as a whole, and poverty and poverty in this class. The rebirth of the crime problem has caused them to cycle in this state, and triggered the visible prejudice and discrimination that still exist in society against blacks. On the other hand, especially in American legal works, you often feel that American blacks seem to be too sensitive to racial issues, and even use them as a tool that can be manipulated. In "Frutwell Station", the director made a better balance, accusing the social contradictions and injustices of the tragedy, and did not intensify the accusations. There are a few interesting details of the friendly relationship between whites and blacks. Although Oscar is about to lose his job in the supermarket, he enthusiastically teaches a white girl how to cook, and even calls family members for help; while at Oscar, he is with a group of friends. After the New Year’s carnival, we are inevitably anxious. We want the two ladies to enter the street shop conveniently and conveniently. Faced with the reluctance of the shop owner, Oscar is a little scornful and the shop owner reluctantly agrees. Then a white couple also encountered a similar situation. Oscar was enthusiastic. Let pregnant women solve urgent problems, and have an encouraging dialogue with men. These bits and pieces of life can be seen in the nature of the Oscars. Because of their living environment, education, vision, and of course, including their own factors, their life journey is full of big and small stains, but they have the frankness and enthusiasm of the people at the bottom. Some social barriers are not so easy to eliminate. In some conflicts, these seemingly arrogant, arrogant, swearing guys are naturally regarded as social instability factors, although they only wanted to relax in the New Year, although They just want to have a new year that has started countless times but always return to the beginning and a new beginning.
The conflict climax of the film comes very suddenly. This kind of peaceful and even joyful life suddenly detonates contradictions. It can be seen in many movies. It will make people feel stunned if it is handled well, but it is true. Because life is like this, you can’t. Foresee when and where the next accident will happen; and once it is not handled properly, it will make the audience feel baffled. You must have sufficient explanation and foreshadowing in front. Fortunately, the young director of the film is very mature. For most of the film, from Oscar's enthusiastic and rebellious character, to his contradiction with a white man in prison, to his mother’s suggestion to making the subway, the last thing The outbreak came suddenly and naturally. Because of the contradictions in the past, he unexpectedly encountered enemies on the subway. Because of his and his friends’ class characteristics, they were taken by the police in a “reasonable” manner, and the Oscars’ personalities made them reluctant. It caused greater conflict and chaos, and in the end, a sudden gunshot fired under the sudden conflict. It is also the character portray of Oscar in the front that makes this young man who is obviously not a social model, but who is passionate about life, is actually not a social trouble, and under this, his tragedy is even more sympathetic and embarrassing. . Regardless of whether the shooting police were in a panic or misused a firearm, the reasons for the intensification of this contradiction are based on the background of social estrangement and prejudice. The police in the film are very aggressive, and the Oscars, who did not have much resistance, will be taken as soon as they come up. The Oscars also seem to be habitually pretentious. In the midst of the clamor, the Oscars who are marked as problem elements are more likely to arouse the anger and panic of the police, and the death tragedy in this context will inevitably lead to Social upheavals and conflicts may be large or small, and in such conflicts, mutual distrust and conflicts will intensify. The seeds of the next tragedy have been planted, just like the Trayvon Martin case in 2013, the whole process and the next The social response is so similar to the real events reflected in this film. "Frutwell Station" is a meaning and tragedy of life, and then the director integrates his emotions and standpoint into the film unobtrusively. This attitude and technique are what I admire in this film very much, similar to social issues. What is needed is such an attitude, adhere to basic values, maintain a calm mind, and avoid accidents in social mutual understanding and integration that prevent the continuation of this upward force.
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