Atlas Shrugged movie

51 years ago, Ayn Rand's great novel Atlas Shrugged was published. For years, a movie has been "in development". The latest incarnation on this effort can be read here.

Interestingly, this report includes this confession:

What's most interesting is that Perelman managed this even though he isn't much of an Ayn Rand fan. "It's not very good literature," he and I agreed, "but I have respect for her."

It's one thing not to be a fan of Ayn Rand's ideas or her writing. It's quite another to posture as if you know what you're talking about when you claim Atlas Shrugged is not great literature.