My mistake. I may have incorrectly assumed that you were having your kids read them out of an appreciation you had for her philosophy, but if not, then my bad!
Not sure how important her works are.
They certainly sold well and had a bit of a cult following. But I don’t think any are regarded as great literary works.
Critically, Atlas Shrugged was widely panned, and I can see why.
1100+ pages worth of political cliches.
The Fountainhead was at least somewhat thought provoking.
And again, I still want to see that Italian film version of “We The Living” with Rosanno Brazzi.
After doing some follow up related to this string, I discovered a few things.
First of all, I didn’t realize that Rand worked with Director Duncan Scott to re-edit the two-film Italian version of Rand’s novel “We The Living” starring Rossano Brazzi into a single 2.5 hour movie. It is apparently more faithful to the novel and endorsed by Rand itself. Thankfully, it removes some anti-Semitic and pro-Fascist dialogue that Rand wouldn’t have liked (the movie was released under Mussolini during WW2 because of its anti-Soviet message).
I discovered, when I looked on youtube, that the entire movie is apparently available there free of charge. See here.
So @FunkMasterMilluns , if you want your kids to see a movie version of a Rand work that even Rand herself ultimately approved of (even though it was first made without her knowledge and permission), this is one!
The movie version of The Fountainhead, with screenplay by Rand, was both a critical and box office flop when released, but I actually enjoyed it.
I haven’t seen the three part film adaption of “Atlas Shrugged.” However, reviews of the films were SO bad (one was even nominated for some Golden Raspberries), that I haven’t tried looking at them. I discovered recently that all three films have completely different casts and directors. In response to my earlier question, I learned that the big John Galt “speech” at the end is indeed depicted in Part 3, but that it is condensed from upwards of an hour to about four minutes.
