In order to make thepointinadramaticway, Britain'sAgriculture, Fisheries and Food MinisterJohnGummerdecided to feed hisfour-year-olddaughterCordelia a beefburger infrontof thecameras.
The essence of this dichotomy survives the terse condensing the movie plows through as it takes the viewer through the first third of Rand's novel, up through the mini-climax delivered by the completion of the John Galt Line and the dramatic ignition of Wyatt's Torch.