Familiar themes in 2024--- homelessness, migrants, exploitation, attempt at redemption. What is not as commonplace today is the strong family structure-- Birth not abortion, care of the elderly not euthanasia, acceptanve and support during abandonment not divorce, true gender identity not defining one's pronouns. Government to the rescue then and now remains the idealized but false panacea. One looks forward to the renaissance of Christianity.
I love the scene in which Ma Joad is going through a cigar box containing a few trinkets from her meager life and trying to decide what to keep. She comes across a pair of earrings and holds one of them up to her ear while looking into a dusty mirror. The contrast between the piece of frippery and her plain face is too much. She lets her guard down for a moment and becomes a forlorn woman. Then she shakes it off in order to resume her role as masthead of the family--determined to get them "across." The effect could only have been achieved through black and white and the great Gregg Toland.
Familiar themes in 2024--- homelessness, migrants, exploitation, attempt at redemption. What is not as commonplace today is the strong family structure-- Birth not abortion, care of the elderly not euthanasia, acceptanve and support during abandonment not divorce, true gender identity not defining one's pronouns. Government to the rescue then and now remains the idealized but false panacea. One looks forward to the renaissance of Christianity.
I love the scene in which Ma Joad is going through a cigar box containing a few trinkets from her meager life and trying to decide what to keep. She comes across a pair of earrings and holds one of them up to her ear while looking into a dusty mirror. The contrast between the piece of frippery and her plain face is too much. She lets her guard down for a moment and becomes a forlorn woman. Then she shakes it off in order to resume her role as masthead of the family--determined to get them "across." The effect could only have been achieved through black and white and the great Gregg Toland.
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