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Book of Eli on DVD: The Use and Abuse of Religion
The recent release of THE BOOK OF ELI (2010) on DVD provides an opportunity for a reassessment of important elements within its story. Viewers with religious convictions have interpreted the film in strongly positive and negative terms; however, another reading is plausible that avoids these extremes. Taking into account its late-modern-Western and post-9/11 context, THE BOOK OF ELI may be interpreted as a film that urges caution in the use of religion by both its practitioners and the irreligious – who variously objectify religion and justify violence in fundamentalist fashion while failing to heed the message of religion or recognize its power as a form of social control and a tool for oppression.
Laserblast, June 15: Book of Eli, Supernatural, Sanctuary, The Stepfather
[ June 15, 2010; ] Tuesday June 15 sees the home video release of the box office hit THE BOOK OF ELI, along with season collections of the TV series SUPERNATURAL and SANCTUARY, plus a new Blu-ray release of THE STEPFATHER (1987). BOOK OF ELI – the post-apocalyptic adventure, starring Denzel Washington and directed by the Hughes Brothers – earned over [...]
The Book of Eli (2010)
“In the time before…”
Back in January of 2010, a movie hit theaters and began with those rather clichéd words. And it feels to us as if we’re talking about an ancient allegory, too. We missed THE BOOK OF ELI when it initially hit theaters, but we’re catching up with it now. Well, at least we’re getting [...]
