The Way We Were (1973)








During pre-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.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Way We Were

Melvyn Stokes
American History through Hollywood Film, From the Revolution to the 1960s
London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney, 2013

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1982, A Survey of 1981 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982
pp. 474-477 info

Articles on The Way We Were

Patrick McGilligan, The Way We Were and White Hunter, Black Heart, Huston in Fiction and Reel Life, in: Tony Tracy and Roddy Flynn (eds.), John Huston, Jefferson, N.C., 2010