the movie feature another exceptional collaboration between director william wyler and cinematographer gregg toland and the first after toland work on citizen kane . but the talent of both these men be focus on achieve a perfectly craft movie and understood in the good old american sense a a great story . the technical aspect of the movie be cover so a the viewer get absorb into the action that take place on the screen without submit to the power of the image . technique be see a a vehicle of representation unlike in citizen kane where well baroque style almost draw the attention from the story to the way the story be tell . one of my favorite move with deep focus in this film be the drama convey by the return home welcoming of homer and al . if homer girl and wilma come towards him perfectly in focus and al go over to his wife also perfectly in focus . this be a brilliant move because it show only through the use of the image the nature of these relationship a we will see them throughout the movie represent wilma love homer and she accept him a he be and al wife love him also but she feel unprepared to fully welcome him home . also later in the film we find out that their marriage have not always be a bed of rose . wyler be a director whose force lie in be true to his work without feel the need to boast . he want to show his audience how hard it be for the american soldier return from the war to fit into a society that either do not understand them or treat them with contempt . with a perfect cast and great dialogue goldwin and wyler produce a movie that will forever be the template for any other return home movie . the three hour which coincide with the rough cut because the test audience back then never felt for a moment that the action be slow and indeed every scene from the film seem perfectly justify . the whole thing be construct beautifully and every character get a fair amount of exposure and nothing be leave to chance and it be quite pitiful that hollywood nowadays never manages to bring so much character conflict to the screen . tbyool explore the depth of the american way of life and of the american family and society to an extent that make other movie look like the child hour .