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Air date:
Mon, 04/18/2011 - 12:00am
Movie-review of Atlas Shrugged
Joe and Frann talk about the new film based on Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's magnum opus and exploration of a capitalist utopia. They consider the wooden acting and painful pacing, but also the representations of business and liberal capitalist government; the fascist fantasy of individuals willing the activity of large-scale organizations; the departure from Rand's own assertive sexuality; the apocalyptic resonance of setting the story in 2016; and the possible boost to high-speed rail.
This is the first installment of a detailed adaptation of the original 1,000+ page novel and seems to roughly correspond to the "Non-Contradiction" portion of the novel. Directed by Paul Johannson, who also makes shaddy appearances as John Galt, it stars Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart and Grant Bowler as Hank Reardon.
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railroads
more about railroads and how Rand got them wrong