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Date Posted: 22:06:47 11/21/02 Thu
Author: BFIH
Subject: I've read Atlas Shrugged
In reply to: chamberlain 's message, "the fountainhead" on 19:07:10 11/21/02 Thu

And have even heard rumors that Hollywood was considering doing a modern movie of it -- I think it would be awesome. The Dabny Taggert character was so many light years ahead of her time -- talk about a liberated woman and in the 1950s to boot! WOW.

I think I saw a really cheesy version of the Fountainhead shot in B&W on the small box once btw, but the dialog was so stilted and the acting so poor I couldn't stand to watch.

Not that Ayn Rand could write believable dialog anyway, but her plots, her characters and her philosophy were rather interesting. I saw a great special on her with some of the last interviews she gave before dying and that made for some fascinating viewing as well.

I believe she kind of longed to believe in the hereafter after losing her husband (whom she was quite devoted to) but would have felt like a hypocrite to suddenly go to such a belief no matter how much comfort it might have afforded her.

I can buy some of her philosophy, but the idea that none of us owes our brother anything except to act in our own self interest does strike me as being rather selfish and irresponsible despite my rather Conservative outlook on life and I do believe in the existence of God. Still she was a rather fascinating woman.

Interesting tidbit from Woodward's "The Agenda" -- Alan Greenspan was part of Ayn Rand's inner circle. He used to question whether his own existence was a matter of belief or not which was most amusing to Rand -- she always used to inquire of friends whether Greenspan had become convinced of his existence yet or not...

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  • Some insights -- LB, 00:00:49 11/22/02 Fri
  • Thanks LB... -- Waldo, 07:01:25 11/22/02 Fri
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