How Great is Ayn Rand? David Bentley Hart... Shrugs.
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The Tree of Life
In the current issue of First Things, David Bentley Hart delivers a memorable rant on Rand.
What does this have to do with Terrence Malick? Read on!
Hart writes:
Atlas ShruggedThe Tree of Life
Do not go to see Atlas Shrugged. Do not encourage those people. Go instead to The Tree of Life, which—whether it should prove a triumph or a failure—will be the work of a remarkable artist who really does have something to tell us about both nature and grace (two things about which Rand knew absolutely nothing). So make the wise cinematic choice here, for the good of your own soul, but also for the sake of a rapidly foundering civilization.