"The way we were" is a film about meeting, leaving, about memories, love, everything that was good or sad. From World War II to the 1960s and 1970s, Katie was an idealist, both in politics and love. She has always been a left-winger, and perhaps her biggest impression is her strong political vibe. Since college, she has joined the left-wing Communist Youth League, an outlier compared to other classmates who are dismissive of politics. But her speech about supporting Spain was so contagious that it caught the attention of the talented writer Haber. Haber is supposed to be a liberal, not concerned with politics that seems to have nothing to do with life, while Katie sympathizes with all misfortunes and is an idealistic person who cares about politics. Maybe the love started like this because they were different from each other. Katie is strong in political ideals, but undoubtedly weak in love. I envy and love her, she knows very well whether to compromise or not, life is okay, but love and ideals are not, really not. When she met Harbour again, he was closing his eyes, not knowing whether he was tired, or listening to music, focused, calm. She didn't know if she wanted to say hello to him, so the movie pulled back the scenes of the past that could not be seen clearly like a dream. All encounters are reunions after a long absence, I am still me, you are still you, the same smile, the same curly hair, except for the years, you and my situation. Encounters, farewells, Haber couldn't understand Katie's seriousness about almost everything, Katie couldn't understand the cynicism of him and his friends, their indifference to the fact that Spain was being ravaged by Franco and the Nazis, Roosevelt's death was a no-brainer Christine. During the Cold War, McCarthyism prevailed in the United States, and a large number of people related to communism were persecuted, but Katie came to Washington to defend them. An idealist should defend his ideals, why is an unfree America called America? Harper, on the other hand, only cares about life and believes that Katie's protests will not change anything. Leaving may be predestined at the time of meeting or this is the meaning of meeting.
Katie hasn't changed, neither has Harper, whether it's love or ideals. Katie has always been a political idealist, she reunited with Hubbel during the anti-nuclear propaganda, like running across the street at the beginning and saying that Your girl is very nice! Hubbel.
Heartbreaking words in the last scene, ending Maybe that's it, maybe there's no end, maybe even a beginning. It's not me, it's her, it's life, it's life. This is a politically charged film, which is related to youth, and youth and ideals are related to love. When looking back on the past several years later, no matter whether the ideal is still ideal, love is still love, and we accept both the changed and the unchanged, only because of the years, only because of life. "The way we were" will still ring from time to time.
Memories light the corners of my mind
Misty water color memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
Fore the way we were
Can't it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
And if we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me would we, could we
Memories maybe 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
Remember, the way we were
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