The ULTIMATE Movie About Individualism Vs. Collectivism

[dannno]

I have never seen, heard or read a more eloquently stated, emotionally charged or entertaining piece contrasting and showing both the benefits and righteousness of individualism versus the evils and immorality of collectivism.

It is called The Fountainhead

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


Screw Casablanca... this is the BEST OLD MOVIE EVER!! Made in 1949 from a book written about 20 years earlier by Ayn Rand, it kicks some serious cinematic butt. Everybody here who believes in and loves individualism, which I think is everyone, you will really enjoy this movie. It's entertaining the whole way through, it is not boring, I promise.

This is also a great tool to help people learn how valuable individualism can be, and how destructive collectivism is. In fact, the entire point of the film is how easily people, who are individualists by nature, can be lulled into collectivism over time, but can be ripped back out in an instant if you can touch that individualist spirit which exists in everyone. This is the core concept of our Revolution. Wake up your family this weekend, show them this film!! They may not see the relevance to today's society, but the individualist spirit you instill in them will ensure that when the time comes to fight, they will be on the side of good.

If you're a reader, I hear the book is a real page turner (though it is 600+ pages)


Please at least go rent this film, but highly I recommend adding this to your freedom entertainment collection.


You can find a famous scene from the film online (the court scene), I believe google video has it, but I recommend hearing it first in the context of the film. You can also read the famous speech here, but again if you're interested in seeing the whole film you may want to wait.

http://www.nasonart.com/personal/lif...ntainhead.html

[dannno]

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[Deborah K]

Thanks, Danno

[Truth Warrior]

I have never seen, heard or read a more eloquently stated, emotionally charged or entertaining piece contrasting and showing both the benefits and righteousness of individualism versus the evils and immorality of collectivism.

It is called The Fountainhead

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


Screw Casablanca... this is the BEST OLD MOVIE EVER!! Made in 1949 from a book written about 20 years earlier by Ayn Rand, it kicks some serious cinematic butt. Everybody here who believes in and loves individualism, which I think is everyone, you will really enjoy this movie. It's entertaining the whole way through, it is not boring, I promise.

This is also a great tool to help people learn how valuable individualism can be, and how destructive collectivism is. In fact, the entire point of the film is how easily people, who are individualists by nature, can be lulled into collectivism over time, but can be ripped back out in an instant if you can touch that individualist spirit which exists in everyone. This is the core concept of our Revolution. Wake up your family this weekend, show them this film!! They may not see the relevance to today's society, but the individualist spirit you instill in them will ensure that when the time comes to fight, they will be on the side of good.

If you're a reader, I hear the book is a real page turner (though it is 600+ pages)


Please at least go rent this film, but highly I recommend adding this to your freedom entertainment collection.


You can find a famous scene from the film online (the court scene), I believe google video has it, but I recommend hearing it first in the context of the film. You can also read the famous speech here, but again if you're interested in seeing the whole film you may want to wait.

http://www.nasonart.com/personal/lif...ntainhead.html

I liked it but thought that it was a little "cheesy". I'll take Casablanca.

[Truth Warrior]

"The Fountainhead" (1949)

Howard Roark's Address to the Jury

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/Movi...ntainhead.html

[dannno]

I liked it but thought that it was a little "cheesy". I'll take Casablanca.

pffffffftt

[H Roark]

Yup this is a great movie. My MeetUp group organizer let me borrow the video and I was floored by it. I tried reading the book, but dropped it about halfway through because I just couldn't stand reading the incessant high-society dialouge found throughout the book. This is the only instance where I think the movie adaptation is actually better than the book itself.

[SneakyFrenchSpy]

Get the torrent if you can't find it in stores or rent it.

.avi 706MB ---> Btmon or Demonoid

Video_TS DVD Folder 4.36GB ---> ThePirateBay

[RCA]

$8.49 from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-G.../dp/B000HWZ4A2

[RonPaulVolunteer]

All movies back then were cheesy. You can find it on BitTorrent too. That's were I got it from. Watched it a month ago. I think Ayn Rand goes way too far, but it's good to see how extreme some people believe in the individual above all else. Personally I think that is selfish. I believe in altruism. Ayn Rand believes you should never ever ever ever help another person unless it benefits you. I think that's BS.

[Truth Warrior]

pffffffftt

Oh no, not the dreaded "pffffffftt ".

[surf]

Q: isn't Atlas Shrugged or Fountainhead being made into a movie currently (too lazy to google)

[Truth Warrior]

All movies back then were cheesy. You can find it on BitTorrent too. That's were I got it from. Watched it a month ago. I think Ayn Rand goes way too far, but it's good to see how extreme some people believe in the individual above all else. Personally I think that is selfish. I believe in altruism. Ayn Rand believes you should never ever ever ever help another person unless it benefits you. I think that's BS.

Often helping another benefits you. "Helping that person really felt good."

Altruists tend to be collectivists.<IMHO> We're NOT designed to be a selfless species.

[RonPaulVolunteer]

We're NOT designed to be a selfless species.

funny...

[MGreen]

I find Serenity to be more entertaining.

[Truth Warrior]

Q: isn't Atlas Shrugged or Fountainhead being made into a movie currently (too lazy to google)

Atlas, starring Bradjolina, last I heard. < gag, arrrrrgh >

[Ack]

Atlas Shrugged is a great (but very long) book, also by Ayn Rand. I recommend everyone here read it if you haven't already. I hope they don't screw up with the new movie. If it's done right it could be such a great method of opening a lot of peoples' eyes.