Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life was a landmark feature documentary and the first film to examine Ayn Rand as a person, writer and artist. This Academy Award nominated documentary is the first authorized film look at the life and work of the controversial Russian-born author Ayn Rand. . Michael Paxton is an incredible author and movie producer, specializing in everything Ayn Rand. — Ayn Rand, “Philosophy and Sense of Life,” The Romantic Manifesto “No matter what corruption he’s taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment . In the beginning of this biography, a picture of her youth is drawn through old letters and photographs and her own reminiscences, from which it’s clear that the Ayn Rand we all know developed very early. Harry Binswanger-Wikipedia (A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence.) Dramatic narrative feature documentary about writer Ayn Rand. What are the trends in the United States’ sense of life? It paints a portrait of a woman whose work has remained in print for over fifty years and continues to inspire new generations of readers. A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of … The Ayn Rand Lexicon: This mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism is compiled from Ayn Rand’s statements on some 400 topics in philosophy, economics, ... Home. It assumes not just a White world, but an Aryan code of achievement, appreciation of hierarchy, and a robustly defended philosophy of greatness. Search Search Sense of Life. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, with its emphasis on reason, individualism, and the moral meaning of the pursuit of happiness is a stark contrast to the cultural goo, which emphasizes quite the opposite. . If that seems a bit unfair to say of a writer-philosopher who has been dead since 1982, it isn’t. Sign In. more. Ayn Rand, American Fiction Writer. How does this differ from a culture’s philosophy, and what are its major manifestations? Documentary Spotlight: “Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life” The United States today is a house divided and the ghost of Ayn Rand has driven a bulldozer through the middle of it as a finishing touch. Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 hrs 23 mins. Michael Paxton's "Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" does little beyond appreciating its subject as unwaveringly as possible. Playing out like a full length A&E Biography on TV, it contains archival photos, film footage, animated sequences, interviews with friends and relatives, and interviews with Ayn Rand herself. Buy. Learn more about the Academy Award-Nominated 1997 documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life and its director Michael Paxton in this new website, which was launched to commemorate the documentary’s twentieth anniversary. The writer of such renowned novels as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is the subject of Michael Paxton{u2019}s first feature film. Ayn Rand lahir pada tahun 1905 di St. Petersberg, Rusia. Release Date: July 28th, 2015. AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE is a feature-length documentary that illustrates the author's own sense of life. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life from Strand Releasing on Vimeo. His writing style is reminiscent of Rand's in that it is both powerful and shows his benevolent-universe sense of life. 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