Very moving and meaningful!
I saw the whole thing.
The value of the shaky warrior/farmer arrangement was clear, though that obviously the film had many messages.
Very, very good film, it’s sad and puzzling how sometimes one film garners HUGE interest with so/so value, while gems like this sometimes wallow in eternal obscurity...
Great, great film.
I think the timing of the movie too late after the widescreen “Lawrence of Arabia” wave doomed it. The ultra-wide screen format meant it could not be a winner in small/medium theaters. Often studios can sabotage a great movie with their decisions.
For example, Charlton Heston’s “Major Dundee” was a great masterpiece that was chopped and ruined by the studio when they decided to make a 3 hour epic into a 2 hour Western.