{"id":28522,"date":"2025-05-23T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/?post_type=movies&#038;p=28522"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:44:26","slug":"grapes-of-wrath","status":"publish","type":"movies","link":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/grapes-of-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"Grapes of Wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After years in prison, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns to his family farm in Oklahoma, only to find even grittier circumstances. The Joads set out on an epic journey to California in a worn-down truck, hoping for a better life, only to discover that the promises of jobs and prosperity are nothing but illusions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Steinbeck\u2019s classic novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grapes of Wrath<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1939) was considered controversial upon its release but soon became a bestseller. The screen adaptation was brought to life by auteur producer Darryl F. Zanuck, who laid the groundwork for director John Ford. Ford, working with virtuoso cinematographer Gregg Toland, cast his spell on the material. This hymn to human endurance became something of a prototype for road movies and is arguably Ford\u2019s most left-wing film\u2014one in which he unconsciously juxtaposed the famine and oppression of the Dust Bowl with the early struggles of his beloved Irish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fonda\u2019s performance is one of the most iconic of his career. Jane Darwell skillfully embodies the quintessential Fordian \u201cHoly Mother\u201d figure, and the film\u2019s long, spirited dialogues are moments of prestige in American cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrated as a master of portraying community, Ford turns this biblical-communistic fable into a song of songs about solidarity\u2014an emotionally stirring battle cry whose timeless ethos still resonates powerfully today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Lauri Timonen<\/em><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years in prison, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns to his family farm in Oklahoma, only to find even grittier circumstances. 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