OK. So Barbra Streisand has a weird reputation (although I agree with her political views), and Robert Redford is...well, I don't know how to finish the sentence (although it seems that his politics are about the same as Streisand's). But "The Way We Were" does what it can to look at politics from the Depression to the postwar era. Streisand is the left-wing political activist, Redford the apolitical athlete, and they become lovers, but get forced apart by the red-baiters.
Apparently, when this came out, director Sydney Pollack wanted people to interpret it mostly as a love story, but also to pay attention to the politics. I still don't know whether the political aspect or the lovey-dovey aspect is supposed to dominate. As a political message, this is certainly a good movie, but do we need the love story? By the way, has anyone ever seen Gilda Radner's concert movie "Gilda Live"? In one scene, she appear as Lisa Loopner, describes this movie's plot, and plays "The Way We Were" on the piano. The things that we see in life.
Apparently, when this came out, director Sydney Pollack wanted people to interpret it mostly as a love story, but also to pay attention to the politics. I still don't know whether the political aspect or the lovey-dovey aspect is supposed to dominate. As a political message, this is certainly a good movie, but do we need the love story? By the way, has anyone ever seen Gilda Radner's concert movie "Gilda Live"? In one scene, she appear as Lisa Loopner, describes this movie's plot, and plays "The Way We Were" on the piano. The things that we see in life.