tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post535575287662773953..comments2022-12-28T14:41:54.366+05:30Comments on Ayn Rand - India: Atlas Shrugged on small screenKirtimalinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119530662034927042noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-54280930886417642042010-10-18T08:38:54.912+05:302010-10-18T08:38:54.912+05:30In fact the Atlas Meet in Delhi organized a specia...In fact the Atlas Meet in Delhi organized a special screening of the fabulous film "We the Living" in August 2010. <br />http://aynrandindia.blogspot.com/2010/08/report-on-screening-of-we-living-and.html<br /><br />Those interested in owning a DVD set of 'We The Living' can send an email to vbajaj@aynrand.inVikram Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444839718458991278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-5872226565197607762010-10-15T15:32:13.034+05:302010-10-15T15:32:13.034+05:30I saw "Gawaahi" ages ago when it was fir...I saw "Gawaahi" ages ago when it was first released - and was quite stunned. I did not expect what I saw. It is a very well done movie, and Zeenat Aman shone in a way I did not expect her to. As did Shekhar Kapoor. It was quite true to the book. <br />However, if anyone is interested in seeing true depiction of Rand's novel - find "We the Living". Ironically enough, it wasChinmayeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-36289449624539263442009-08-19T13:24:52.229+05:302009-08-19T13:24:52.229+05:30The Hindi movie adaptation of "Night of Janua...The Hindi movie adaptation of "Night of January 16", was Gawaahi, 1989. Starring Zeenat Aman. I found a link here. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawaahi<br /><br />If anyone can find the video / CD / DVD of this film, please let me know.Barun Mitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-28966785548346087832009-08-19T11:15:38.184+05:302009-08-19T11:15:38.184+05:30Listen, Ayn Rand was also susceptible to her vagar...Listen, Ayn Rand was also susceptible to her vagaries and whatnots. She was a woman. Its not even Ayn Rand that's important. Its her work. Its her world that she created and showed that it existed. <br /><br />Its that she showed me in her novels that if you take this path, it Will Work in the end! Throughout her novels, she is consistent in showing how it works to the end, and that this is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-14070322649330848162009-08-19T10:42:09.893+05:302009-08-19T10:42:09.893+05:30I think it was Ayn Rand who wanted to have Gary Co...I think it was Ayn Rand who wanted to have Gary Cooper as Howard Roark? But even other wise, a professional actor is not expected to agree with all the lines he mouths of emotes. Acting by definition would mean putting body and voice to what others (director and screen writer, etc) want to be depicted thro' the actor. The Fountainhead the film just did not rise to the expectation. <br />The Barun Mitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-81960340585983687072009-08-19T08:21:05.641+05:302009-08-19T08:21:05.641+05:30Did you know that Gary Cooper didn't understan...Did you know that Gary Cooper didn't understand a word of that Roark speech he gave and told the script writer so? That's why that ending scene is so unconvincing. They needed to pick someone fresh, and a real Howard Rowark would have been just fine for the role.<br /><br />Remember that architect serial in Hindi, anyone? Did you see the characterization of Toohey, Gail, Keating, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-59997964260673039272009-08-04T14:58:27.404+05:302009-08-04T14:58:27.404+05:30Indeed! I agree one hundred percent with what Jerr...Indeed! I agree one hundred percent with what Jerry says above. In fact, anyone who commits himself/herself to thinking, and not evading, is in essence a Howard Roark or John Galt. <br /><br />Interestingly, at many of the recent Tea Party protests throughout the US, several Objectivists participated with campaign buttons that read "I am John Galt"Vikram Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444839718458991278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-53258504523250014952009-08-04T13:48:15.310+05:302009-08-04T13:48:15.310+05:30I think what Barun is alluding to--and also what K...I think what Barun is alluding to--and also what Kirti seems to have identified in the character of Howard Roark--is the virtue of moral ambition. Ayn Rand called "pride" as a demonstration of moral ambition.<br /><br />Just as we hold ambitions to wealth, fame, success, etc., Ayn Rand introduced the notion of being ambitious in morality, in one's character and virtues.<br />This Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02151661023249013998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-33111818174161881282009-08-04T12:33:52.183+05:302009-08-04T12:33:52.183+05:30For the purpose of the novel, authors have to limi...For the purpose of the novel, authors have to limit the scope of the book. So Howard Roark in "The Fountainhead", and John Galt in "Atlas Shrugged", are presented as the ideal man. But there are other significant characters, Dominique, Dagny, Hank Rearden, and some of the minor characters such as the Wet Nurse and Cheryl (both in AS), go through their own trials and Barun Mitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-63772043229205745072009-08-04T12:15:25.235+05:302009-08-04T12:15:25.235+05:30Point taken Barun.
What I meant by "Perhaps...Point taken Barun. <br />What I meant by "Perhaps, Howard Roark cannot be in flesh and blood, he is an idea of a free man." is that he perhaps is "An ultimate destination of being free, which is always a mark higher than us." Something which we aim to reach and is at a higher level than where we are.<br />As I am writing, I begin to think that in fact Howard Roark was always Kirtimalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119530662034927042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-17245902951806036462009-08-04T11:57:17.764+05:302009-08-04T11:57:17.764+05:30The apparent lack of success of "Fountainhead...The apparent lack of success of "Fountainhead", the movie, and the limitation of Gary Cooper as Howard Roark in that film, is hardly an indication that "Perhaps, Howard Roark cannot be in flesh and blood, he is an idea of a free man."<br />If we think ideals are not possible in practice, then we need to either check the ideals, or do a reality check. This is the kind of Barun Mitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622261378991052890noreply@blogger.com