Only the serious pol-sci nerds will find this funny

[imatfaal]

http://blog.atlasshruggedmovie.com/2011/11/atlas-shrugged-inadvertently-releases.html

 

 

The 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, is known in philosophical and political circles for presenting a cogent argument advocating a society driven by rational self-interest. On the back of the film's retail DVD and Blu-ray however, the movie’s synopsis contradictorily states “AYN RAND’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice comes to life...”

 

“It’s embarrassing for sure and of course, regardless of how or why it happened, we’re all feeling responsible right now.” says Scott DeSapio, Atlas Productions’ COO and Communications Director “You can imagine how mortified we all were when we saw the DVD but, it was simply too late - the product was already on shelves all over the Country. It was certainly no surprise when the incredulous emails ensued. The irony is inescapable.”

 

I really hope Ayn Rand is spinning in her grave.

 

 

[john5746]

I don't think this was a mistake. They are basically selling an anti-christian message to a mostly christian audience, so it is being warped. Of course, people should be used to it, since politicians and religious pundits do it all the time.

[imatfaal]

You're probably right - although the following of Ayn Rand in the states already verges on the religious not sure there is any room for another. I am not sure the film co understood the perils of annoying the fundamentalists they only knew how to appeal to people looking for 5 secs at the back of the DVD case

 

 

I read Atlas Shrugged when I was staying in Greenwich Village and I was amazed and appalled by how many young students would initiate conversation to say how the book had changed their lives. When I was a student in 1989-94 North of England only Marx, Bakunin, or possibly Silent Spring would elicit such reaction