"This is John Galt speaking" #8 (Second Draft)

"This is John Galt speaking" #8 (Second Draft)

Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to visualize Galt's Speech from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand using images and video from current events. NOTE: These videos do not purport to be definitive or authoritative. Ayn Rand is not responsible for any unintentional misrepresentations created by my editing. If these videos interest you, please visit the Ayn Rand Institute (www.AynRand.com)for more.

Text by Ayn Rand

Read by Christopher Hurt

Edited for YouTube by XCowboy2

Music by John Williams

For the full novel read unabridged, visit BlackstoneAudio.com

Editor's note: Hello everyone! I got my hard drive situation remedied finally. Thanks for all your support ! Here's #8. I had to recreate it from my source materials- the original Final Cut file was corrupted. I think it turned out pretty good. It incorporates sections from two first version vids- putting them back in Ayn Rand's original order. I was able to keep more then I thought I would. I think as I go forward, more and more of the first series material will be reused. Not because I'm lazy, but because as I worked on Version 1.0 my skills were getting better and better. Aside from technical issues I'll want to fix, much of episodes 10-17 I think I'll keep.

I think this vid is an improvement over the originals for several reasons. It keeps the pace swift and brisk and the images intercutting more swiftly. I think it's got more power than the original, particularly in the clip from "Sophie's Chice". I decided that the original music from Schindler's list was too on-the-nose and was an obvious choice- and that the music was actually making the original more syrupy than harrowing. The new music is from Williams' score to "Nixon" and I like it much better.

No lack of dark images again. I'm fond of setting up stark contrasts. I went back and forth about including the two clips from the end of episode #7 but I felt the need to tie the two little girls together, however tragically.

NOTE: I've changed the last video from #9 to #10. I will be working on a new #9 this week and will upload soon. It is essentially the old episode on "Original Sin" with some updates and improvements. SO- the final order is #8 "Force", #9 "Original Sin", & #10 "Sacrifice". Looks like I will be toiling in dark vineyards for the immediate future.