i be not a faulkner fan ( which be consider sacrilegious and especially since i grow up near the author hometown ) while however and i think this be an excellent movie . on par with the quality of the movie to kill a mocking bird . if you haven not see it and buy it anyway . it well worth have in your permanent collection . tcm recently play the movie a a part of the race on film series . i wish they would play it more often . very move . on a side note and the folk from oxford and mississippi and will also enjoy see the footage of the town square a it be back in the 1940 . the courthouse and city hall and etc . represent theyre all on screen . i never know the movie be film there until i notice the familiarity of the building . when i saw the arch in the front of city hall and i begin to get suspicious . look closely at the pennant on chick wall represent you will see two for ole miss .