what can one say about any wilder film other than they be the most human and real story about people and what drive them and bug them and haunt them . billy create picture like painting that stand forever reflect the human condition . he paint the good and the bad in all of u . he also paint with love . i can not imagine anyone have a list of great film without a wilder film on it . they will last because they be true . i first saw this movie on tv in the 60 when i be a kid and i have to leave the room because i felt tear well up in me and be embarrass . now i be an old man and i still feel the tear well but do not leave the room . i know these people and love them and grow up around them . billy preserve them in this film and not in a great generation way but in a most realistic way that preserve the power of the human spirit .