Mammon Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone Well, Gordon Geeko did say "Greed is good"... I'm yet to see that movie, I really want to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 I hope not. I'm not ready for a Fountainhead with Elsworth Toohey as the hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eficazpensador Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Gordon Gecko was supposed to be the greedy villain in Wall Street. He talks about the importance of greed in public only. Privately he believes business men don't create wealth, but just transfer money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 This isn't new news. Oliver Stone has wanted to do a Fountainhead film for years. Thankfully, it never seemed to come together. At this point the powers that be are probably waiting to see how well an "Atlas Shrugged" movie does at the box office before committing any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volco Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I was going to start a topic on "Wall Street" because I really loved it, I'm still fascinated by that movie. The problem from the beggining is that it doesn't properly distinguish between rational selfishness and cynical selfishness. The opening lines are of the "rat race" employers diatribing against FDR and the loss of the gold standard, also worshipping IBM and Hilton, saying "good things sometimes take time". The last lines of its open end are "why don't you do something productive for a change and build something?" in Charlie Sheen's head. And yet Gordon Gekko's speech is fantastic and yet from the beggining it shows the spoiled fruit: " greed - for lack of a better word - is good " Ayn Rand was bold enough to state that better word overtly and decades before. Still, great, conflictive, movie. I don't like Oliver Stone in general btw and I'm not pleased with Atlas becoming a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils_Advocate Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 If Oliver Stone does the movie, I will stand outside with a sign saying : "Don't support the Bastardization of Art," or something to that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Oliver Stone is so theatrical he may do the Fountainhead some good inadvertently. I am not happy with any of the rumors of the treatments of Fountainhead or AS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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