Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1997)

Director:

Michael Paxton

Writer:

Michael Paxton (writer)

Release Date:

13 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Tagline:

A Life More Compelling Than Fiction

Plot:

Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism...

Plot Keywords:

Author | Philosophy | Narration | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Sharon Gless	...	Narrator (voice)
Michael S. Berliner	...	Himself (editor of Rand's letters) (as Dr. Michael S. Berliner)
Harry Binswanger	...	Himself (professor, friend) (as Dr. Harry Binswanger)
Sylvia Bokor	...	Herself (artist)
Daniel E. Greene	...	Himself (artist)
Cynthia Peikoff	...	Herself (friend, secretary)
Leonard Peikoff	...	Himself (intellectual heir, friend) (as Dr. Leonard Peikoff)
Al Ramrus	...	Himself (writer, producer)
John Ridpath	...	Himself (professor, York University) (as Dr. John Ridpath)
Mike Wallace	...	Himself (CBS News correspondent) (also archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Janne Peters	...	Kay Gonda
Peter Sands	...	Dietrich von Esterhazy

Runtime:

145 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

AG Media Corporation Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Tomorrow Show" (1973)

Ayn Rand is my most favourite Philosopher!!!

Ayn Rand has helped me to have an integrated view of life.

She teaches for reason and trade, instead of faith and force.

She is against mysticism, which rules by means of guilt, by keeping men convinced of their insignificance on earth. She is against the dogma of man's poverty and misery on earth.

She teaches you to face the universe, free to declare your mind is competent to deal with all the problems of existence and that reason is the only means of knowledge.

Ayn Rand states that intellect is a practical faculty, a guide to man's successful existence on earth, and that its task is the study of reality (as well as the production of wealth), not contemplation of unintelligible feelings nor a special monopoly on the "unknowable".

She is for that productive person who is confident of his ability to earn his living - who takes pride in his work and in the value of his product - who drives himself with inexhaustible energy and limitless ambition to do better and still better and even better - who is willing to bear penalties for his mistakes and expects rewards for his achievements - who looks at the universe with the fearless eagerness of a child, knowing it to be intelligible - who demands straight lines, clear terms, precise definitions - who stands in full sun light and has no use for the murky fog of the hidden, the secret, the unnamed, or for any code from psycho-epistemology of guilt.

Her words will help people to free themselves from fear and force forever.

Thanks Ayn for you direction. She has given me an integrated view of life. I hope, by reading her books, you get it too.