Sydney Pollacks The Way We Were (1973), starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, is a sweeping romantic drama about love, politics, and personal ideals. Spanning from the 1930s to the postwar era, it follows the passionate but conflicted relationship between a politically engaged writer and a carefree screenwriter as their values collide against the backdrop of Hollywoods Red Scare. Från IMDB: During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.