Lists
- ranked 280 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 289 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 295 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of Rosenbaum's Alternate 100
- one of Sight and Sound 75 Hidden Gems
- one of Slant Magazine 100 Essential Films
- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
Going in, I thought that this movie -- about an elderly couple forced by circumstance to live apart for the first time in decades, one each with two of their children -- would end with them having the last laugh. But no: it's more bitter than sweet; the moral seems to be that, as the title says, there's nothing to do but clear out and make way for tomorrow. To try otherwise is to be ground to dust.