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I read the Fountainhead before I read Atlas Shrugged. But Anthem was the first book by Ayn Rand that I read, when I was in 7th grade. Then The Fountainhead, We the Living, and Atlas Shrugged. I like Howard Roark as a hero more than John Galt in that he was out in the world battling it all through the book. Galt is a shadowy figure for the first two parts of Atlas Shrugged, then comes to the fore in part 3.

Finished reading The Fountainhead a few weeks ago. It was hard to put down when reading, and I wanted to keep carrying it around even when finished. THANK YOU for the opinions here that the movie is worth watching. As you all know, the book is a masterpiece so I was afraid to view the movie.

A good piece of news: my heavily liberal/socialist-influenced high school daughter is assigned "Anthem" for her summer intro to her Senior English class. This was a shock! Think I will pull out my recently acquired copy and try to engage some conversation.

Neal looked superbly elegant wearing that long scarf that blew in a strong breeze during a rock quarry scene.
Would that supposed to be symbolic of passion?
That's an unforgettable B/W sight that repeatedly floats up from old dino's memory banks.

Here an admitted Ayn Rand (due to AS DVDs) newbie, I had Netflix snail mail the FH several months ago.
I was very impressed and gave it a full five stars.
Then within a week I was channel surfing and found it playing on Turner.
I was all like "What?!?"

Not that I know of but it has English subtitles. I watch current movies with closed captions anyway so I don't mind. Movies up to about 2000 I hear just fine but mumbling became in vogue so closed captions it is.

I like the Fountainhead more than Atlas Shrugged initially as well.

I think the reason I preferred it, is that it is a more personal novel than AS was. Atlas Shrugged was not as personal, the novel's focus shifted among a group of protagonists, Hank, Francisco, Dagny, John Gault. It was also focused more on the society and its decay.

The Fountainhead was more focused on one man and his insistence on being true to himself despite societies efforts to make him conform.

I think that focus is why it strikes a more intense chord with the individual.

yes, I loved that.

Not insinuating anything about your intelligence, kh, but praising your ethics.

Brilliant Book... read it the first time right after finishing AS. Each time I have read it I am fascinated by how one must at times self sacrifice personal integrity to maintain integrity. Rourke will always be a deity to me.

Intelligence ? More like ethics and integrity.
Many of the looters are intelligent, but they have no ethics or moral compass.

Is there a English version that you know of?

The Italian production of "We the Living" is also excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-Gary-...

No. Inexpensive.

Does the DVD have any additional features? In iTunes they have only the movie, although it was very good quality for a B&W from that period.

I haven't seen a picture of Ayn Rand when she was younger, but I think you are right/

You should applaud yourself. Not many in life manage to start using their minds and take command of who they are. When I was in my early 20's I started down the path of the character "Ellsworth Toohey", only I discovered that I really had a talent for reading people and influence. It became an amusement. Fortunately a stranger cornered me at work and made me face the direction I was going. The more intelligent, the more power we have to be destructive. Intelligence prevents us from using it.

I thought Gary Cooper was fabulous. Very good movie. I loved Fountainhead. It addressed different issues than Atlas. Both incredible

I have The Fountainhead on DVD. I liked it a lot.

Look for the DVD.

I read the FH after AS and loved them both. I also saw FH on Turner and was "Wowwed". Certainly thought provoking. I also thought that there some physical resemblance between Patricia Neal and Ayn Rand. Maybe it is just me.

I have seen The Fountainhead on Turner Classic Movies a couple of times.

the book is even better. The Fountainhead is my favorite novel of hers, maybe because it spoke to me first. I had started both and proceeded with FH. From perspective, when I look back to my early 20s I was somewhat like Dominique and for the same reasons. Sure that the good in the world would be destroyed so why not start with myself. I wasn't that bad, but I do think there was that pathos with me. well then, thank you Dr. Ibecame. is our session over? lol