How does one find and keep love during a moment in history that seems to push us further into understanding ourselves, our desires, our fears, and our needs, instead of others'? The ’70s romantic movies have a lot to offer when answering this question.
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During a fight with his girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn), hairdresser George (Warren Beatty) pleads with her to understand: âIâm trying to get things moving.â She screams, âYou never stop moving! You never go anywhere!â
Itâs a devastatingly truthful remark, skewering the go-go-go energy of Shampoo (1975), a Los Angeles-set sex farce in which the undercurrents of melancholy and cynicism have the power of a sucker punch â one that hits home on both a personal and national level. âThe subject of Shampoo is hypocrisy,â Beatty has said, âthe commingling of sexual hypocrisy and political hypocrisy.â