Talk:Seven Footprints to Satan

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Ayn Rand

Can someone please show me where Ayn Rand commented on this? Give me a quotation. -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 13:38, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Have you looked at the citations given? BMK (talk) 13:57, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I have. Please be more specific about where you see the reference to Rand. -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 14:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I looked through "1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons" on the Internet Archive and I couldn't find where Seven Footprints to Satan is even mentioned. Which page is it on? -- Doctorx0079 (talk)

See this. BMK (talk) 14:07, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the original reference from The Art of Fiction: [1]. It appears that Rand is referring to the original pocket book that the movie was based on. She seems to be mildly praising the original writer. She does not appear to be "endorsing the film". I will have to get a copy of The Art of Fiction to see the whole quote. -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 14:54, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So far she is only referring to the novel, not the movie. "Pulp-magazine thrillers, which often have good plots, are devoid of any value application to reality. An example is a little pocketbook Leonard Peikoff once gave me. I had asked him if he knew of a good plot story, because I am miserably bored by any other kind, and he gave me one called 'Seven Footprints to Satan.' It is the story of a man who becomes the prisoner of an archvillain who pretends that he is Satan and creates horrible evils for the sole purpose of stealing jewelry from museums and amusing himself by playing chess with human beings. The story is exciting in the sense that the writer knows how to keep up suspense and mystery and when to introduce the unexpected . ." -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 18:21, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the rest: ". . -- but the total has no meaning whatever. It lacks even the meaning of a good detective story or Western, which presents, in primitive terms, the conflict of good and evil." And that's all she has to say about it. Hardly a ringing endorsement. -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 16:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The "1957 MOVIES FROM AAP" reference seems to be completely bogus. -- Doctorx0079 (talk) 14:56, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The AAP reference certainly was not appropriate in any respect, and I have already removed it. If Rand is only talking about the novel the movie is based on, and not the film itself, then it, too, seems inappropriate for an article about the film, so I think I'm going to re-instate your deletion of it. If the editor who added it wants to contest it, he or she can present evidence to support their contention. BMK (talk) 23:14, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]