2011 · drama · thriller · sci-fi
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Directed by Paul Johansson1h 37m2011
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Our read: Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · sci-fi entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, gentle drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- sombre
- gentle
- cold
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“You want libertarian railroad dystopia and won't mind stiff, talky delivery.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if preachy economic sermons and unfinished story arcs frustrate you.
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