Vadim Perelman To Rewrite And Direct "Atlas Shrugged"

allheadlinenews.com ^ | September 6, 2007 | Shaveta Bansal

[Maceman]

Brad Pitt is slated to play John Galt

Not bad casting, actually.

[Maceman]

Too bad they didn’t film this in Lauren Bacall’s heyday. She’s exactly what I pictured Dagney being like.

I discovered the book in 1969. I always saw Faye Dunaway as Dagny.

[Maceman]

My wife and I cannot stand Lauren Becall as an actress.

It was fun watching her get mugged by Christapha Moltisanti in Season 6 (part 1) of the Sopranos.

First time she ever uttered an obscene line of dialog, I'm sure.

[mylife]

Well theres one vote.

I’m open on this one. I dont like Pitts hollywood persona and I don’t like many of his films, but he’s not a bad actor

[maine-iac7]

Whats your main medium?

Actually, I work back and forth, depending on the mood and the subject.

I am, primarily, a portrait artist. I work in pastel, oil, watercolor, graphite and silverpoint.

I'm going to dabble in egg tempera, as I've always liked the results, particularly for portraits - like Andrew Wyeth's and a great artist I know in California, Wade Reynolds.

[mylife]

Egg Tempura? Sounds like dinner.

Is that using an egg wash to antique the pic?

I use a similar technique adding a yellow to the wash.

I like pen and ink as well.

Woodcarving is my main point of interest at the moment. I use that antique finish

[SAJ]

Hmmpff. Older than I'd thought. Oh, well.

Thks for looking it up.

[Calvin Locke]

There are a couple of other programs, but the names escape me.

You can always check out the shortwave station http://www.wbcq.com schedules. I’d start with 7415Mhz. The other frequencies tend to be more religious oriented, but it pays the bills for them.

[maine-iac7]

Egg Tempura? Sounds like dinner. Is that using an egg wash to antique the pic? >o>

LOL

No. It's a medium used since the Old Masters - it's using dry pigments mixed with egg yolk and water.

Back in the Old Master days - and even in the Impressionists times, like "Vincent" - they made their own paints, beit oils, pastels, etc. Some artists still do.

Dry pigments are expensive, however, so I reason that since the formula was mixing dry pigment with water first, then adding in egg yolk, - Why wouldn't tube watercolors that are already moist work as well - just mix in the egg yolk. (A trick with egg yolk = pass the yolk back and forth between the palms of your hand until the outside of the sack is dry. Then pinch it and the yolk will drain out like it was in a balloon. This leaves the yolk smooth and consistent.)

[mylife]

Thanks for the tip

[TigersEye]

One bad problem is some people will see the movie and think it is the same as the book.

On the other hand a lot of people will read the book who have never heard of it before. When they see the difference it may be their first big realization that Hollywood lies. (and by association; leftists)

[Triggerhippie]

Rand's definition of selfishness was: concern with one's own interests. She wrote another book, The Virtue of Selfishness to explain her seemingly aloof point of view.

One of my favorite chapters in the book gave a great argument about how racism is an aspect of collectivist/socialist thinking. This book is a must read.

[maine-iac7]

Yes, it’s too bad “The Virtue of Selfishness” and “Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal” should be mandantory in schools.

But they don’t have time. They wouldn’t be able to get in all the homosexual/Socialist/Communist/and now, Islamic tolerance teachings -

[SAJ]

OK, I admit it. Your last post has me completely confused.

Shortwave stations? I certainly believe you, but what's that to do with Ayn Rand??

(scratching head...)

[Calvin Locke]

What we have here, is a failure to successfully multitask.

Wrong window.

Sorry.

Been a while since the last time I did that.

[MarkL]

Talking about rotten casting. Jolie is almost a decade too young to play Dagny and same thing with Pitt...well, aside from the fact that Pitt's the antithesis of Henry Reardon.

Pitt would be good as Gene Lawson, the incompetent ''banker with a heart''.

Sometimes, with the right director and script, an actor can surprise you. For instance, I was amazed a just how bad a good actor can be when I watched Natalie Portman in the Starwars movies. She was really aweful, but I've seen her in some pretty good roles too. On the other hand, I'm NOT a big Tom Cruise fan, but I thought that he did an outstanding job as LeStat in that vampire movie. Even the author hated the idea of his playing LeStat, but when she saw it, she actually took out a full page apology to Cruise. So, who knows... It might just work. But I'm not holding my breath... Look what Hollyweird did to Clancy's novels and Heinlein's "Starship Troopers."

Mark

[SAJ]

Whew!! And hefe I'd thought that I was somehow being denser than usual...

;^)

[SAJ]

Getting the right director and script, in this project, will probably be a non-starter, sad to say.

I don't think it will turn out as badly as, say, Patriot Games (coral reefs in Chesapeake Bay? you betcha! sheesh), but the director and screenwriter have to be, just have to be people who know Atlas Shrugged thoroughly, inside-out, and love the book and the plotline.

How many of those do y'suppose are in Leftywood today, eh?

I'm with some of the other posters here: I think we're about to see an exercise in novelistic revisionism. Hollyweird couldn't portray capitalism and an objectivist worldview correctly on a bet and with a gun to its/their head(s).