Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Movie Scene Commentaries

Atlas Shrugged Part 1 movie scene: Dagny confronts James

In this scene early in the Atlas Shrugged movie, Dagny Taggart confronts her brother James about the need to upgrade a rail line. The scene iillustrates the difference between objectivity and second-hand thinking.
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Atlas Shrugged Part 1 movie scene: Rearden and his dependents

Hank Rearden indulges his ungrateful brother with a contribution and gets a political warning from a friend. These scenes illustrate the meaning of money.
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Atlas Shrugged Part 1 movie scene: Rearden Metal is not for sale

Hank Rearden rejects a government offer to buy the rights to his new metal, a conflict dramatizing the difference between individualism and collectivism.
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