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Blake's 7, Leiji Matsumoto, etc.
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Blake's 7: Another good pic for fans of Rand. Group of individualists take on a fascist state somewhere in the distant future. From the most famous of the Doctor Who writers - Terry Nation (also creator of the Daleks). Pay special attention to the cynicism turned to idealism of one of the main characters, Kerr Avon. Another show creator says of Avon - "Whether through self-interest or honor, (Avon's) actions come out to the same result".

Anything by Leiji Matsumoto, in particular, Captain Harlock, Arcadia of my Youth, Galaxy Express 999 - but only the pre-1985 work. Matsumoto is totally Objectivist/Individualist in outlook and philosophy. His most famous creation, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, has been compared to another well-known pirate in Atlas Shrugged in at least 2 published works on Japanese Pop-Culture. Heavily influenced by Fritz Lang (he has discussed this in numerous interviews)

Kenneth Clark's Civilisation (spelled with an "S") series. 13 parts covering the history of Western Civilization. Exceptional documentary although be prepared for a man who can find greatness and beauty in more subject areas than Ayn did (or at least admitted to). Michelangelo is covered extensively as are all of the heroic individualists of the Renaissance. Oh, and he hated bloody Marxists, going so far as to completely debase a group of French University students in the course of the documentary (politely of course).

Jean Luc Godard's film - Alphaville (similar to Anthem). If you know the complete context behind Alphaville, you will be even more impressed that a supposed Marxist himself would create a dystopic tale of an American secret agent taking on a fascist dictatorship with Communist overtones.


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