Howard roark

By Steve Sanderson The following Practice 2.0 article is an edited transcript from a presentation that Steve gave at the Intersections: Building...

The best reason to watch the splendid film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead" are the great (uncredited) matte painting by Chesley Bonestell, the (uncredited) illustrations by Harold Michelson, and the top-notch model and effects work and superb art direction. Doesn't make up for the ordeal of watching fine actors trying to work with the most didactic, clumsy screenplay ever written, but it helps.

Howard Roark. My hero.

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The Fountainhead: Howard Roark

I read "The Fountainhead": it is said that the writer, Ayn Rand, used Frank Lloyd Wright as model for the main character, Howard Roark. When reading I always had Le Corbusier in my mind; probably because at some point in the book Roark is looking to the sky admiring one of his own designs, and I had seen that picture in the book "Delirious New York" by Rem Koolhaas; I used it for this drawing. (Photo of LC by A.Steiner, 1935)

The best reason to watch the splendid film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead" are the great (uncredited) matte painting by Chesley Bonestell, the (uncredited) illustrations by Harold Michelson, and the top-notch model and effects work and superb art direction. Doesn't make up for the ordeal of watching fine actors trying to work with the most didactic, clumsy screenplay ever written, but it helps.