"The Way We Were"據阿琴．勞倫茨的小說改編，是好萊塢出品的愛情片中少數具有濃厚政治意味的作品，也是當時具有知識份子味道影片中的代表作。背景為美國50年代美蘇冷戰時期，劇情描寫芭芭拉．史翠珊 （Barbra Streisand）和羅伯．瑞福（Robert Redford）兩位男（哈伯）女（凱蒂）主人，一個是在校擔任青年政黨聯盟主席，另一個是熱衷運動和寫作的才子，他們在大學校園相識，而到相知相愛，最後卻因為彼此間個性和政治立場的差異而分手。歷經多年後兩人再次重逢，回首往事，不勝感慨。悉尼．波拉克（Sydney Pollack）在執導該片時，著重提升影片的思想性，巧妙地把時代氣氛與個人衝突加以揉合，欣賞起來也頗有迴腸盪氣之感。



這是70年代初以二戰前後美國社會為背景的一部夾雜情感與政治衝突的影片，由Barbra Streisand 和Robert Redford 主演。史姐出演的Kattie是一個有自己政治理想的的女性，生物的愛上了由雷哥出演的享受生活的Hubbell，在當時時代背景下一個敢於和政府頂嘴的人與一個中產階級隨遇而安的人的感情生活是沒有保障的。Kattie自己的那些堅持破壞了她妥協去做一個好孩子的努力，史姐和雷哥只有以分手做為結局。影片最後街頭偶遇，雷哥與史姐“you never give up，do you？”“Only when I m absolutely forced to.But I m a very good loser.”，給史姐一個完整的注腳，蕭瑟分別，這不是喜劇，也不算悲劇，可能只是Kattie的記錄片，其實我們的生活也真只是如此。



似乎整個影片表達的就是情緒，堅持與妥協，而將情節做為過場一樣推演的很快。史姐一直在抗爭，抗爭社會，抗爭情感，那些妥協總被雨打風吹去，Any peace but Kattie s piece。從裏面的情感戲可以看到那個年代浪漫也玩的爐火純青，暗戀也玩的這麼嚴肅。雷哥讓史姐把腳架在他的腿上替她綁鞋帶，真會玩浪漫。史姐瞄雷哥也將暗戀這門藝術擴展到明目張膽的地步，奈何在學校時老帥哥不懂老政治女的悲哀啊。影片最後相逢，對那句大家推崇的your girl is lovely沒聽出什麼感覺(有點疑問，這裏這個“your girl”指的應該是……，Kattie,Rachel or Hubbell s new GF?)，但史姐的歌硬是把情緒給整了出來。



Billboard TOP 40
Year Title
1964 People - (#5)
1965 Second-Hand Rose - (#32)
1970 Stoney End - (#6)
1971 Where You Lead - (#40)
1972 Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead - (#37)
1974 The Way We Were - (#1)
1977 Love Theme from "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) - (#1)
1977 My Heart Belongs To Me - (#4)
1978 Love Theme from "The Eyes of Laura Mars" (Prisoner) - (#21)
1978 Songbird - (#25)
1978 You Don't Bring Me Flowers - (#1)
1979 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - (#1)
1979 The Main Event / Fight - (#3)
1980 Kiss Me In the Rain - (#37)
1980 Woman In Love - (#1)
1981 Comin' In and Out Of Your Life - (#11)
1981 Guilty - (#3)
1981 What Kind Of Fool - (#10)
1983 The Way He Makes Me Feel - (#40)
1988 Till I Loved You - (#25)
1997 I Finally Found Someone - (#8)













Lyrics :
Memories light 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 rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we, could we

Memories may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
we simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were
The way we were
The way we were.