Friday Night Movie Club
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(That is, two days after Robert Redfords 85th birthday.)
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TOGETHER, it teases.
Years later they meet again in a Manhattan nightclub, and their romance begins in earnest.
As for why she asked for him, well: have you seen Robert Redford in the 70s?
All jawline and tawny hair, strapping, like hes made of marble?
He is a man so attractive that looking directly at him is like trying to look into the sun.
So fairy-tale prince handsome that he caused his female co-stars forget their lines.
He and Streisand look beautiful together, with their glossy hair and pillowy lips.
he writes of himself in the third person), he can be irritatingly smug.
Hes the popular boy at school for whom so many girls pined quietly.
And therein lies the films genius: we see him through the moon-eyed Streisands gaze.
Her performance softens him, makes him worthwhile through her devotion.
(Three years later shed pull of a similar feat inA Star Is Born.)
Its really Streisands film.
Even if they are Robert Redford.
