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The Fountainheads
Donald Leslie Johnson
其他書名
Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood
出版McFarland, 2005-01-01
主題Performing Arts / Film & Video / GeneralPerforming Arts / Film & Video / History & CriticismPerforming Arts / Film & Video / ReferencePerforming Arts / Theater / Stagecraft
ISBN078641958X9780786419586
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SIMRP2xP5eMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Speculation abounds about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand. Was Wright the inspiration for Howard Roark, the architect hero of Rand's The Fountainhead? What can be made of their collaboration on the book's failed 1944 movie adaptation, and what can be gleaned from the 1949 Hollywood production of The Fountainhead? Where does the FBI--Wright was dubbed a communist sympathizer, and Rand was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee--fit into the story?
Art, architecture, philosophy, film and politics come together in this exploration, which relies on the writings of Wright and Rand, FBI files, visual evidence and more to cement their connection. Chapters are devoted to Wright and Rand, the two together, their parts in both the failed production of The Fountainhead and the successful one, and the effect FBI harassment had on the movie and on their lives. Subsequent chapters discuss Wright's place as a Hollywood architect, and offer telling set designs and architectural images from the 1949 production of The Fountainhead. Several appendices supplement the illustrated text, and there is a filmography of movies mentioned in the book. A bibliography and index are also included.