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

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1.
MA
        Then what, Tom?

TOM
        Then it don't matter. Then I'll be all aroun' in the dark. I'll be ever'where--wherever you look. Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad--an' I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's
ready. An' when our people eat the stuff they raise, an' live in the houses they build, why, I'll be there too.

MA
        (slowly)
        I don't understan' it, Tom.

TOM
        (drily)
        Me neither.
        (Rising)
        It's jus' stuff I been thinkin' about. Gimme you han', Ma. Good-by.
        (He climbs over the fence)

MA
        Good-by, Tom. Later--when it's blowed over--you'll come back? You'll try to fin' us?

TOM
         Sure. Good-by.

MA
         Good-by, Tommy.




2.
Ma places her hand on one of Pa's and pats it.

MA
         Woman can change better'n a man. Man lives in jerks--baby born, or somebody dies, that's a jerk--gets a farm, or loses one, an' that's a jerk. With a woman it's all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river it goes right on. Woman looks at it like that.

AL
          (at the jalopy ahead)
          Look at that ol' coffeepot steam!

PA
          (thinking of what Ma says)
          Maybe, but we shore takin' a beatin'.

MA
          (chuckling)
          I know. Maybe that makes us tough. Rich fellas come up an' they die, an' their kids ain't no good, an' they die out. But we keep a-comin'. We're the people that live. Can't nobody wipe us out. Can't nobody lick us. We'll go on forever, Pa. We're the people.
          (She says this with a simple, unaffected conviction)

著名的以血腥著称的圈地运动以及对劳动人民的血腥压榨造成严重贫富两极分化
和资本主义社会主要矛盾。
圣经里葡萄代表上帝的子民。
“把土地吹走，把粮食吹走，把我们吹走！”住了50-70年的土地就这样活生生被一纸公文夺走，农民找不到负责人。如果杀了执行人，自己要被绞刑，过几天又有新的执行人来。多么无奈！不愿远离故土的老人，不耐颠沛流离的祖父祖母只能葬于异乡，多么凄凉！土地是农民最深切的依恋！他们劳碌一生，并无多少积蓄，只有赖以生存的一方薄土，却也被无情的剥夺！远离故土的伤痛并不亚于赤裸裸的肌肤之伤！想起《飘》里的经典台词：“土地是世界上唯一值得你去为之工作，为之战斗，为之牺牲的东西，因为它是唯一永恒的东西！”。然而夺走土地还只是苦难的开始，辛苦的劳作换不来足够生活的薪资！
“如果有法治的话，我们尚可接受。但这里是不法之地，他们逼的我们像爬虫一般，毁掉我们的尊严！”贫苦之人是顽强的！哪里有压迫哪里就有反抗，剥削者的棍棒凶狠无情，却无法阻挡反抗者前赴后继！
关于片子提到的个人灵魂只是集体灵魂的一部分，个人部分无关紧要。富人会销声匿迹，而我们永远不会灭绝，不会被打败，因为我们是人民！这些思想都让我联想到共产主义思想。
母亲是整个家庭的灵魂人物，她有着坚强的意志和乐观的精神，支撑整个家度过难关。
母亲说：男人的生活是一个个的跳跃（我理解成大事件）组成，女人的生活确如涓涓细流，绵绵不绝。
“强拆”何尝不是现代社会变相的圈地运动？！一群手持棍棒的人驱赶流民也让人联想到大城市各种刁难苛刻政策何尝异于棍棒？！这些人的行为分明在说：“穷光蛋，滚回你们的破地方去吧！”
配乐、摄影非常棒。台词中至理名言不胜枚举！

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。