Ayn Rand wrote, “Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises”

“The movie is actually already fully funded,” the FAQ says right up
front, adding that the whole,
give-$250,000-to-a-movie-about-self-reliance campaign is really
just a marketing technique aimed at wringing negative publicity out of
those who would mock it, apparently by giving them all the ammo they
would ever need.