![]() ![]() Director King Vidor utilizes a lot of shadows, particularly on the backs of various characters, to show their ominous side. Instead of that kind of sexual assault, the movie “solves” this problem by having him forcibly kiss her and then depicting her trip, fall, and crying on the ground with him smirking over her.Īs a film, The Fountainhead is visually appealing. The Hays Office was apparently concerned with people getting away with crimes, but the novel tries to justify Howard raping Dominique because she smacked him prior. The other major change brought on by the Production Code has to do with the rape scene in the book. ![]() Then, at the end, when Gail loses everything with “The Banner,” he takes his own life (note: this shows up almost out of nowhere in the movie, but in the novel, his character introduction literally has the news mogul contemplating whether or not he wants to end his life). Since the Hays Office didn’t approve of divorce on screen, the film has Dominique already engaged to Peter in the beginning, and then Gail convinces him to break that off, so he could marry her. In the novel, she marries Peter first, divorces him, weds Gail, and Gail separates from her when the Cortlandt trial is going on. One of them includes the marriages that Dominique Francon has with Peter and later with Gail. Other changes occurred due to the Production Code. Peter Keating’s presence is drastically decreased, while Gail Wynand is introduced much earlier in the movie than he is in the tome. In addition, certain characters are reduced or expanded. Many of the speeches, including the aforementioned one, are reduced. As a result, there’s a sense that she knew that she couldn’t fit a 726-page book into a feature length movie, even though she wanted the speech that Howard Roark makes in court at the end to be in its entirety. Apparently, she had some previous experience in Hollywood as she worked as Junior Screenwriter for Cecile B. This is so because Ayn Rand herself wrote the screenplay. Many of the stuff that’s present in the novel made it into the film as mostly unaltered. The movie itself is a faithful adaptation of the divisive book. ![]() That is the 1949 film adaptation of The Fountainhead starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal – a surprisingly well made, albeit imperfect, adaptation of the flawed novel of the same name by Ayn Rand.įor those who haven’t already read my review of the book, here’s my recap: even though I wasn’t a fan of the book and had issues with it, I could see the timelessness of it because it commits itself to the values of individualism wholeheartedly, and certain people will latch onto those ideals. However, in today’s review, I’m going to discuss a movie that hasn’t shown up on the more recent lists, but I think it should be at least considered. Flicks that appear on them frequently are The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Jaws. Various outlets on the Internet have done many lists about this subject. However, there are instances in which people will assert that the film is better. Whenever a film adaptation of a novel comes out, there will always be people who will say, “The book is better than the movie.”įor a lot of the time, that sentiment is true. Content warning: Suicide and toxic relationships will be discussed in this review. ![]()
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