Roger Ebert:"...What is the point of ``Days of Heaven (1978)''--the payoff, the message? This is a movie made by a man who knew how something felt, and found a way to evoke it in us. That feeling is how a child feels when it lives precariously, and then is delivered into security and joy, and then has it all taken away again--and blinks away the tears and says it doesn't hurt."
Ebert, you fuckin’ rule. rogerebert.com