this be a very touching movie . this movie make me cry upon thinking of it the next day . very few movie have do that to me . i be particularly strike by what a sweet and pure performance that sondra locke give a mick . and the loneliness that alan arkin portray a john singer really resonate with me . i really liked how mick dealt with this and the snobbery too . why no one receive an oscar for this movie be beyond me . my only criticism with this film be that be seem to try to hit too many emotional chord in too short a span of time . it try to do too much all at once and i notice myself be leave with a slight disappointment and rush feeling that point be leave undeveloped . the loneliness and snobbery be quite enough to deal with without all the racism too . it seem like a whole other movie be somehow lurk in the background . perhaps this be the fault of the book . i plan to read it since i think it will develop these point much well . although all the racism have a definite impact and i can not help think that the movie would have be simple and sweeter without it . i suppose longing for a simple and sweet melancholy resolution and be leave with an unsettled feeling be what carson mccullers may have be after . still a great and timeless movie .