Since I cannot do justice remarking on this remarkably touching & intense movie, so I’ll just quote from wiki what it is all about.
The Way We Were is a 1973 film which tells the story of an intense Jewish woman who marries a carefree WASP following World War II. Fundamental differences in the way they engage the world – as revealed in their responses to the rise of McCarthyism – eventually pull them apart. Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, along with Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Patrick O’Neal and Viveca Lindfors, the film is both a romance of star-crossed lovers and a morality tale about the importance of commitment to both individuals and relationships.
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As like other movies which I have seen recently from “the list”, i learned a great deal (at least a little) about american history when the story is about (1930s till 1950s) …. apart from enjoying the intense romantic situations played magnifienctly by Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.
Just to mention a few things like WASP, McCarthyism, Hollywood Blacklist.
And lastly the lovely song by Barbra Streisand which is truly soul of the movie …
Memries,
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?
Memries, may be beautiful and yet
Whats too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So its the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember…
The way we were…
The way we were…