This is a almost flawless adaption to one of my favourite Steinbeck classic novel The Grapes of Wrath.John Ford created an excellent piece of work that captures a very special period of American history when so many people and families lived under the shroud of the Great Depression.Lots of farmers in the county suffered from the effects of the economic dislocation and left the farms for the industrial job opportunities in big cities.The same goes characters of the Joad family in this flim.Despite the deep affection of their own land which they had lived on for several generations,they had to run off of their land in Oklahoma due to the never-ending frustrating drought and poverty.
Perhaps it's not easy to imagine a time when basic needs were such a struggle to obtain from today's perspective,whick made it simply not impossible to feel deep sympathy for every hardship the Joad families encountered.During the migration,they refuse to lose every small opportunity to make a living .Even after all of the suffering the Joad family goes through, the clinging hand of hope still firmly hangs on.We are reminded of their strength and working-class principles in the scenes where Ma Joad says to her husband, who loses hope, that we are the people, and when Tom Joad says that he sees himself as apart of one collective soul of humanity and that he feels connected to everyone who gets a bum rap by society.
The movie wouldn't be the same without the extraordinary performances of the cast.Henry Fonda comes across perfectly as Tom Joad and this is definitely one of his finest work of acting which put him into a legend in his later career.Jane darwell's role as Ma Joad made her win the Best Supporting Actress of 1940 Oscar.She captures the tough-as-nails dignity that the character has in the novel.Her remarkable and heartbreaking performance moved me to tears when I watched this film for the first time.Besides Henry and Jane, the other supporting cast also did an exceptional job.They succeed in making us believe these are real people, not just incomplete figures that revolve around the main characters.
The Grapes of Wrath was undoubtedly one of John Ford's finest pictures and this movie consolidated Ford as a master of his craft.His stark and shockingly realistic portrayal of a poor family in the Great Depression and dust bowl remains one of the most moving films in history.
Gregg Toland's spectacular cinematography should also take credit for this beautiful visual composition.Although there were some scenes that it was easy to tell that there was a painted backdrop,there are so many frames that could stand as works of photographic art,which make this film shedssuch a belief with beauty and charm

由同名普利策获奖小说改编。作者John Steinbeck后来还凭此书获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
上世纪三十年代的大萧条，以及随之而来的黑色风暴事件（Dust Bowl），使奥克拉何马州几十万农业人口不得不外出求生。小说和电影正是基于这一美国历史上最大的短期移民潮，来揭露当时的社会现状；也以一个Okie家庭为缩影，反映这些背井离乡的人们对故土的依恋和在他乡的悲惨生活。
别看片中充满着压迫、不公、无奈、惨淡，但其实这已经比小说乐观积极许多了。那个欢乐和谐的人民公社是电影硬加出来的，而Joad一家最后毕竟是相对完整的踏上了希望之路。另外，小说中透露的共产情节在影片中也相对被削弱，尽管不时提到的“赤色分子”和明显的阶级压迫意味深长。总之，作为二战时期好莱坞的主流电影，本片还是摒除了一些过于激进或过于消极的元素；伴随着淡淡忧伤的《红河谷》的旋律，它或许没有原著那么警醒和深刻，但无碍其伟大和隽永。
终于领略了John Ford这位获奥斯卡最佳导演奖最多的（4次）殿堂级导演的风采，本片也是其丰碑之一。排名百年来最伟大男影星第6名的Henry Fonda就不说了，而他力挺的Jane Darwell也凭借对母亲一角的精彩演绎赢得了奥斯卡最佳女配角。

好容易才找到这片，估计是被封杀了，揭露的东西实在太多了，里面的情节狠感人，一个家庭就这样被瓦解了，这也是为什么资本主义家庭少人口负增长的一个真实写照吧、人们来不及组织家庭，来不及生活，孩子生出来连饭都吃不上！"不是为了工资，不是为了钱，只是为了一把面粉跟一块黄油＂＂要800个工人，你知道有3000个人往这边赶来＂5美分的工资被活活压榨成2.5，＂你爱干不干，有的是人往这边赶来＂不要以为这只是离我们狠遥远，其实它离我们近在咫尺，这在当今社会依旧存在着，就在我们身边发生着！
男主狠正义，但是有什么用呢，还不是要被强制制约，为了活命离开自己的母亲，里面母亲唯一开心的时刻应该是舞会上儿子陪她跳舞的那段，她真是太开心了！但是转眼儿子就这离去，并且未来生死未卜，她说＂我怎么知道你还活着还是已经不在了？＂听到这我都要哭了！就这样活生生一个人就这样被社会无视着，虐杀着。却不想知道他的母亲是唯一受害者！这也是对女性人权践踏的真实表现。还有路途中死去的老者，老者本来应该要安度晚年的，结果却死无葬身之地，还有被人挖出来的可能！还有应该接受教育的孩子，却成了浪迹街头的野孩子，还有即将临盆的女儿，他们共同开着一辆可能马上抛锚的破车行驶在路上，前面是什么？未来又是什么？
母亲说＂以前我们在自己的土地上，有人死去，新人出生，是那么完整，我们是一个家，但是现在我们各有各的不同了，我们的家瓦解了，我们变的不纯洁了＂一切都那么悬乎，为什么呢？为了活着，就像死了一般，像牛一样工作，象猪一样生活，我们的土地哪去了？我们的权利被剥夺到了什么地步？拼命赚钱，却填不饱肚子！这绝对是社会发展的必然牺牲品，不过回头想下政府为什么要把他们赶出自己的家园这确实是个值得回味的深刻话题，具体的我这里就不罗索了。

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): You know what I've thinking about? About Casy, about what he said, what he done, about how he died. And I remember all of it.

Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad): He was a good man.

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): I've been thinking about us, too. About our people living like pigs and good, rich land laying fallow. Or maybe one guy with a million acres and 100,000 farmers starving. And I've been wondering if...all our folks got together and yelled...

Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad): No Tommy, they'd drive you out and cut you down. Just like they done to Casy.

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): They are gonna drive me anyways. Sooner or later they'd get me, for one thing if not for another. Till then

Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad): Tommy, you're not aiming to kill nobody?

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): No Ma, not that. That ain't it. It's just...Well, as long as I'm an outlaw anyways, maybe I can do something. Maybe I can just find out something. Just...scrouge around and maybe find out what it is that's wrong. Then see if they ain't something that can be done about it. I ain't thought it all out clear, Ma. I...I can't I don't know enough.

Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad): How am I gonna know you, Tommy? Why, they could kill you and I'd never know. They could hurt you. How am I gonna know?

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): Well, maybe it's like Casy says. Fella ain't got a soul of his own, just...a little piece of a big soul. The one big soul that belongs to everybody. Then...

Jane Darwell (as Ma Joad): Then what Tommy?

Henry Fonda (as Tom Joad): Then it don't matter. I'll be all around in the dark, I'll be everywhere. Wherever you can look. Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beating up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad, I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they know supper's ready. And when people are eating the stuff they raise...living in the houses they build...I'll be there, too.

我们再也回不去了，对不对？

生活从来是不和我们开玩笑的，如果你觉得那是个玩笑，那只是因为你不懂得生活。

三代才可能出一个贵族，而且多数人富不过三代。但是，最底层的穷人，从古到今，却一直都在。

美国二十世纪三十年代失去土地的农民，面对传统农业自然经济的解体，先是愤怒，反抗，但生产力和生产方式终会适应的不可逆的规律，使得他们的反抗最终不了了之，正如影片的结尾那样，老爸还在为过去的好时光而忧伤，而老妈面对旧有的生活方式的失去，反而是随意而安的态度，而这种态度，也是所有国家在面对自然经济解体，所应有的态度。

一个国家走上工业化之路之后，无论民众有多么的不理解，有多少的牺牲要做，还是无法再回头了。

而稳固的工业文明需要橄榄结构，需要有大量的中产阶层的出现，而维持足够的中产阶层的出现，就要改变旧的社会阶层结构，首当其冲的就是要减少传统意义上的农民，而使得有足够的城市蓝领工人或农村蓝领农业工人出现，同白领脑力劳动者和大规模种植的农场主配合，保证社会渐渐形成橄榄结构。

大家一定要注意到，这一转变，会带来生产力的大踏步发展，同时也带来了旧有的小农意识的消逝。所谓任何事物都是双刃的，所有事物的进步都是有得有失。而每一次大的生产方式变革发生时，都有很多人的利益被蚕食，这是历史的必然，如果你能认识到这一点，你就会有影片结尾老妈妈的坦然。

美国从愤怒的葡萄的时代走到现在，美国的农民现在每年能从政府那里拿到大量的农产品补贴，生活的不错，美国的农民现在不再愤怒，当他们祖辈经过了痛彻心扉的洗礼后，渐渐的适应了全新的生产方式，并从这种适应生产力的生产方式中渐渐的得到好处以后，当下的人们从祖辈的愤怒变成再也不想回到老路上了。

而现在想想当下中国的农民进城运动，许多人表现的愤怒与愤怒的葡萄很相似，但这个过程，是不可逆的，牺牲总是要做的，而只要政策制定和调整的合理，未来我们在转型之后，一定会走上真正的强国之路。而在重要的历史转型期，失去奶酪的人们一定要看看《愤怒的葡萄》，想想结尾老妈妈的话，面对动荡多变的生活，让我们随遇而安吧……