The Way We Were (Pollack, 1973): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 6.15pm
This 4K presentation also screens on January 13th and 23rd and is part of the Big Screen Classics season (the 'Singers on Screen' strand) at BFI Southbank.
Vulture review:
The Way We Were is
told in a series of flashbacks and montages, primed for maximum
nostalgia and some truly gorgeous period costuming. The entire film is
Hollywood confection from start to finish, opening with the lush,
familiar croon of Barbara Streisand’s famous titular song, allowing
Robert Redford to wear his navy whites for so long that he begins to
look as though he’s emerged from a perfume ad. There are some scenes cut
from the conclusion that make the timeline a little confusing, but The Way We Were does
not endure because of its plot. It endures because of a fearsome,
desirous performance from Streisand, and Redford’s cold beauty, and all
the ways that it captures a one-sided desire many of us have felt.
Christina Newland
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