Atlas Shrugged: The movie

[Pulled pork]

Could think of no better place than this site to post this news story.

http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/0 ... movie.html

Enjoy and let the discussion commence.

[awc]

I remain skeptical about translating this novel to the big screen. The Watchmen was a success, but Atlas is more challenging because to tell the story well requires the filmmakers to dramatize the cogency of Rand's philosophical propositions without succumbing to caricature. Atlas as a movie is surely not an impossible task, and there are scenes that have tremendous cinematic potential, such as the first run of the John Galt line, Rearden's trial, Rearden encountering Ragnar in the middle of the night, the discussion between Francisco and Rearden at Rearden's mills (when the secret is revealed), and Rearden's final meeting with all of the douche bags running the country, pleading with him to stay. Yeah, Rearden shows up in many of the most filmic scenes.

What to do with Rand's speeches? I think there are ways of turning those speeches into amazing dialogue. That would be my approach to Francisco's "money" monologue, for example.

It's been in "development hell" for nearly thirty years, but meanwhile the book is selling better than ever. The more people who read it (before it becomes a movie and generations substitute viewing it in place of reading it), the better.