It told about wo generations of a wealthy American cattle ranching family in Texas spanning a twenty-five year period (from the 1920s to he 1950s), who clashed over money, property, class differences, and racism (the film was partly shot on location near Marfa, TX).[The film""s end is bookended byThe Blue Danube Waltz, also played behind a black screen.] Afterwards, in the opening visual image, the camera pans upward from the pock-marked surface of the Moon in the foreground.What happens? (To Jim) Don""t I buy everything you want? A bicycle, you get a bicycle, a car.Jim: You buy me many things.Jim""s father: Well, not just buy.We give you love and affection, don""t we? Well, then, what is it?Their love is smothering and artificial.Smoke rose from the cover over his body and then suddenly the glowing-blue corpse re-animated and rolled off the table.