It's anguishing to see his indifference to the son who needs him desperately, but anguish is far outweighed by the rewards of watching a story in which bonds of trust are severed, only to be replaced by new ones.
True, the hostility it unleashed against Mr Miller's work has mellowed in recent years to an even-tempered indifference, but it has been four decades since the playwright had a big critical or commercial hit in America.
