William Buckley on Ayn Rand

[cancel2 2022]

Yes I have.....one of the worst movies ever. Dreadfully monotonous and boring. Some books just don't translate well into film.

I can't remember too much about it excepting that it did seems a very odd film for Gary Cooper to be starring in, IMDB give it a seven though.

Director King Vidor originally hoped to cast 'Humphrey Bogart' (QV) and Lauren Bacall in the lead roles, but Ayn Rand insisted on Gary Cooper in the lead. Bacall was cast opposite Cooper, but dropped out before filming began. Hoping the film would make her a star, Warner Bros cast a relative unknown, 22-year-old Patricia Neal, after considering and then rejecting Bette Davis, Ida Lupino and Barbara Stanwyck as replacements for Bacall. Gary Cooper objected to Neal being cast, but during filming, Cooper and Neal began an affair.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041386/

 

[christiefan915]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2705853/posts

In a nutshell. Didactic and humorless.

"The same inflexibly self-righteous stance results, too (in the total absence of any saving humor)..."

 

[Kamala Trump]

It's Damo's favourite book. It's amazing to think that it has sold over 7 million copies.

it's the illuminati playbook for destroying societies.

it's a bunch of a fascist corporate worship.

 

[Nordberg]

Her writing appeals to high school seniors and college freshmen. Most outgrow her and laugh at it.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Her writing appeals to high school seniors and college freshmen. Most outgrow her and laugh at it.

So VASTLY beyond your comprehension level.

 

[Walt]

it's the illuminati playbook for destroying societies.

it's a bunch of a fascist corporate worship.

Rand is loved by today's conservatives. Most moderates and liberals think her writing is stupid.

 

[Kamala Trump]

Rand is loved by today's conservatives. Most moderates and liberals think her writing is stupid.

the libertarian contingent yes.

...the ones who believe corporations are morally pure and would hate to get a monopoly because they love free markets so much.