André Bazin
Critics and directors who have placed it on their "Sight &amp; Sound" lists include Richard Peña, Michel Ciment, David Denby, Lawrence Kasdan, Steve McQueen and Paul Schrader. Schrader said the film "has it all ... [it] represents all that film can be." Martin Scorsese included it on a list of "39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker." French film critic André Bazin praised the film's mobile photographic style; he said its depth of field and deep focus "mise-en-scène" resembled that seen in "Citizen Kane" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."