12019-01-27T20:47:44+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11The Grapes of Wrath (1940)plain2019-01-27T20:47:44+00:00Critical Commons19402019-01-25T15:39:10ZVideoJohn FordThe Grapes of WrathPatrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-01-27T21:03:56+00:003.11 The Grapes of Wrath1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)plain2019-01-27T21:03:56+00:00The ending of John Ford’s adaptation is justly famous, as Ma Joad delivers her monologue: “We’ll go on forever, Pa, ’cause we’re the people.” But the film’s depiction of the people is not as hopeful as these stirring words suggest. In the Hooverville sequence, the transience of the composition echoes the transience of the characters, who know that they will never see their homes again.