I think that the only way Atlas can be done properly is with a TV series that would contain not only the philosophy, but the really good story line that sustains it. Hopefully, what the producers of the movie have in mind would be written with the tension and unpredictability of characters, in the same manner that other sustaining shows that don't rely on car chases and explosions to keep it interesting.

It was quite well done although a bit dated today. Please don't do a worse job than that. Certainly not as poor a job as the three Atlas Shrugged movies did. OK, they were better than nothing but there was simply much too much not well done.

What do you have in mind? A lot of time on Toohey and his destruction of all values but cast more in the post modernism and multicultural false equality of today?

me too. Atlas is too heavy - in every sense of the term

I read Fountainhead before Atlas Shrugged. Enjoyed both, but I related to Fountainhead more.

Ah, the Internet! I'll plan on using one of my numerous Christmas gift cards on it. Thanks!

The subtitles are in English, so to read in Italian you'll have to lip read.

"We the Living (DVD)" https://estore.aynrand.org/p/258/we-t...

http://www.amazon.com/Ayn-Rands-Livin...

Objectively independent of the Hollywood political gang (and of the financing give and take that implies..)

I agree on your thinking of Gary Cooper.

Jim Caviezel or.Matthew Goode! I would place my order for the remake now!

I had a difficult time with Gary Cooper in the original. He looked the part...but, except for a few lines here and there, he seemed uncomfortable in the role.

I just finished The Fountainhead - wahoo, I am still dreaming ..

"they are not Hollywood-connected " how come ?

I can feel it, too, Freedom, and this must change. Producers are producers, They have the right to do what they wanted to do with their money, as far as nothing wrong is concerned, right ?

American cinema is a stool of gold to bring ideas everywhere, YES - but this must be done in every possible ways - not just in one direction.

yes, and I can see it as a saga, too - I mean: in four parts, as in Ayn Rand's work

The original was not bad, but new one would be great

I'd love it if that was true, but I do not see any works done by Hollywood that are not socialist propaganda or producer guilt trips or "white men are all evil, incompetent, sexist, racist scum" propaganda. Ditto for virtually everything done on tv.
"Movies have a reason of existence."
Yes, as propaganda vehicles to change the mindset of the viewers from ethical caring people to thoughtless robots who accept sociopathic looter savages as normal and acceptable leaders.
The producers of Atlas Shrugged are the only notable exception that I can think of and they are not Hollywood-connected.

Yes, I agree with you for the roles. I can see DiCaprio as a perfect Peter Keating !

I can see your concern, too. Just let say that not every producer are so bad, are they ? The difficulty would be to kept the gentle and smart nuances of character and the balance between egoistical necessity and good will. However, I have a great feeling that THE FOUNTAINHEAD is a work who can bring a new way of thinking in those poor societies of ours, nowadays. Movies have a reason of existence.

thank you so much - I can read Italian, so I am going to find my way and try to find it on Amazon !

David Caruso

{Must find DVD of We The Living.}
Alida Valli was the Italian actress that played Kira. Very lovely. I have seen her in the movies "The Paradine Case" and "The Third Man".

Ayn Rand's first major novel We the Living was also made into a movie in fascist Italy, unknown to Ayn Rand at the time. The Italian production followed the novel closely but some brief dialogue had to be imposed praising the fascist ideology to get it past the censors.The Mussolini government eventually figured out that the theme in the plot about communist Russia applied equally to itself, which was why the movie became so popular in Italy.

It was squashed by the government but revived many years later by friends of Ayn Rand who discovered it had been made and eventually tracked down a copy that had been hidden away in Italy during the war, then reissued it in America under Ayn Rand's control.

It was produced in Italian so the American reissue has subtitles. The artificial fascist slogans were replaced in the dialogue and the integrity of the plot and theme restored. Ayn Rand said that she thought the Italian film of We the Living was better done than The Fountainhead and liked the lead actress playing Kira very much. It's now available on DVD with extended background material on the production and history.

Cooper's halting rendition of the courtroom speech made it clear that he had no understanding or passion about the material. I find it hard to believe that a jury listening to his plodding speech would acquit him.

For comparison with impassioned speeches, see:
• Jack Lemon's jury defense speech in How to Murder Your Wife
• Al Pacino's opening remarks to the jury in And Justice for All
• Ned Beatty's speech to Peter Finch (as Howard Beale) in Network

Hollywood would ruin Fountainhead.
I wouldn't trust any country's movie industry to do it justice for political reasons.
If it was made into a TV series today, Dominique Francon would be the main character and she would have super powers including unerring prophesy and ability to beat Peter Keating and Gail Wynand at arm wrestling simultaneously. Howard Roark would be found guilty of terrorism and given a sentence of 100 years of public service, and of rape and be sentenced to licking Dominique's boots clean. Ellsworth Toohey would have "invented the internet" and would maintain control of all media. Peter Keating would be the Republican speaker of the house.

Gary Cooper said later that he came to understand it much better and could have done a much better job with the courtroom speech had he known at the the time what he later came to understand.