It is alleged you can spot them cos their hands tremble, the main character had to show his steady hand at one point to prove he wasnt. This book is definitel eyes without a face, the story of samuel p. French documentarian and cofounder of the cinematheque francais georges franjus second fiction feature remains one of the most influential horror films of its decade, a nightmarishly poetic dreamscape that elevates a monogram pictureslevel conceit to the realm of expressive exotica. Anyway, i tried to search for previous discussions on this, and i saw several references to eli s face changing to that of an old woman at a couple of points. Pa wire a man who died after being tasered by police was allegedly found eating a womans eyeball and face in a hotel room. You can also see his eyes on the boat to alcatraz, showing his cataracts. First and foremost, i am a fan of the deathlands series, it is one of my guilty little pleasures. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the face of his daughter, christiane edith scob, who was mutilated in an automobile accident. Surgeon pierre brasseurs lugosilike commitment to restoring his disfigured daughters face provides some of. This was particularly the case for me since i saw this movie on a plane, which had been edited the movie, not the. It has been reissued 300 times and was translated into 21 languages to reach readers the world over. Nov 02, 2015 a drug dealers attempts to exploit a cannibal tribe go very wrong in this notorious cannibal classic. Apr 24, 2011 not having read the book, i didnt really know what to expect, but now that i know some of the details from the book, various things in the movie are starting to make sense.
So when you bug out, or stay home, decide what things are most important outside of the essentials required to live and sustain survival. May 09, 2017 in the film the book of eli it is mentioned a few more than a couple but less than several times about the signs of a cannibal. The two men must face off with each other in a battle of gods will vs. Youtube the recent spate of stories in the news about face eating, ripping a mans heart out of his chest, and serving ones own penis for dinner has put cannibalism back on the map. French director georges franjus eyes without a face les yeux sans visage is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. At the end of the movie when the zoom in on his eyes theyre showing the haze on his eyes known as cataract. Set in a postapocalyptic future, the book of eli, is the captivating story of a man on a quest westward across the wasteland of america to bring a sacred book to safety. The book of eli 2010 soundtrack complete list of songs. Despite how the film looks on the surface, the book of eli is not. For example, in the first house he finds, he wakes up just as the sun hits his face. Eyes without a face, directed by the supremely talented georges franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. The heroine of this story was so beautifully written that this book left me wanting the story to never end.
At one point, after staying the night at the cooling tower ruins, solara mila kunis asks eli how does he know which way to go, to which he replies we walk by faith, not by sight. Although just 10 sentences long, it has become acknowledged as a. The big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille. Eli was blind before the war and after finding the bible and hearing gods voice he regained his sight until his task was completed finding a safe place for the bible this is why he did things a blind man would do and could read braille and also why is eyes were normal at the start of the film and clouded and the end. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. I got so caught up in keeping it safe that i forgot to. The story of the movie the book of eli is about a lonesome drifter eli in a post apocalyptic world. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. Eyes without a face is a 1960 film cowritten and directed by georges franju and starring pierre brasseur and alida valli, based on the novel of the same name. Cannibal ferox 1983 balls out and balls off youtube. She moved on to her face and notice how in the sun, eli s eyes were shot through with streaks of gold and red, not. If someone consumes human brain and nervous system tissue, such as the. The book is an integral part of czech culture and has a firm place in school curriculum.
In warhammer, the ghouls from the vampire counts army are like an entire race of cannibal clans. Along the way, he is aided by a young girl who desires to learn more about the book but is opposed by evil men who want to use the book for their own personal gain. He comes across a woman with a broken cart asking for help. You can see a more detailed description of the book here. Its a trope used in a couple of films where canibalism arose, there was a horror i watched where it happened, book of eli and i think something similar in the road. The gospel according to the book of eli popmatters. Cannibal reign is a scary, nonstop thrill ride into the dark hearts of man, shot through with the souls of those that refuse to surrender to the dark. People are able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands from a condition similar to kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism. Cannibal killer found eating womans eyeball and face metro. At this point eli turned around and a shootout with carnegies men ensued. He talked a lot about faith and knowing the path without seeing it. It fantasizes a world in which everything has been.
Book of eli let me get on the ride, ride it all the way to the end, and then retroactively hit me with the idea that a blind man can shoot a rapist through the cock with a bow and arrow for purposes of poetic justice. Book of eli carnegie asks eli to stay night duration. I dont know if he looked at anyone without them speaking but i had a speech teacher who was blind from birth and she could look you square in the face. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in the house. The road and the book of eli have similar plot lines, both representing a post apocalyptic society devoid of humanity, with a main characters representing the spark of humanity, or the breath of god. Carnegie is not so different from the pharisees and some of the medieval popes in. Theres a line of dialogue in the book of eli that encapsulates the entire films thesis. A cinesavant article a mention in a book by tom weaver of an odd shared visual in two universalinternational movies of the 1950s prompts a quick framegrab comparison, and also some thoughts about how movies were really made back when twenty dollars was probably considered a big budget expenditure. Instead she takes the time to rub in his face how much his obsession has cost him. There is no other reason to do this except to highlight his eyes, and there is nothing remarkable about them except that they dont see. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed.
Top 10 science fiction movies movieguide the family guide. Some savant i am i simply didnt see what was in front of my eyes. The book of eli seems to suggest that, when the end comes, the planet will be divided into the capable and the criminal. Also he doesnt see the no trespassing sign at the cannibals house because he literally cant see. Published in 1963, where the wild things are is the first and bestknown part of what sendak described as a trilogy. Things dont go as plan when carnegie finds that eli is carrying the book he has been looking for since the end of the war. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a. The keeper of the book, eli his name, is on a quest to the west, to a place where the bible can be protected and its truths disseminated to a starving humanity. The book maurice sendaks works have enormous popular appeal and have been purchased and read by tens of millions of adults to their children over the years. At around minute eleven eli is shown to be feeling the book with his eyes closed, mouthing what he reads. Book of eli is fascinating, faithbased vision popmatters. Im all out of hope one more bad dream could bring a fall when im far from home dont call me on the phone to tell me youre al.
The book of eli brief information the book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Her transformation into ray banwearing wasteland warrior may incite a few titters among viewers. Why did people look at each others hands in the book of eli. So while they both valued the bible for different reasons, it didnt matter whether they had itknew it or not. There are images hereof terror, of gore, of inexplicable beautythat once seen are never forgotten. The book of eli movie plot holes and absurd quotes in a fun 100 things i learned format. The very beginning seems to support this concept with the sprawling forest of the amazon contrasting with the urban jungle of new york city.
Top 10 science fiction movies movieguide the family. This is the basic premise of the book of eli, the postapocalyptic movie starring and. The reason im mostly focusing on cannibal holocaust is because it was the first to take extreme cinema as far as it did, and in my eyes, every other film in the italian cannibal sungenre took everything it used from cannibal holocaust. One scenario featured a normal suburban family running afoul of a cannibal clan similar to the hills have eyes 1977. Cassandra ihsl on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The protagonists costume is significant as he is dressed in all white which makes him look almost angelic which mirrors his faithful and committed character and even presents him as the messenger of god that he is. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb.
This database features thoughtful critical responses to a wide range of film productions. At the end of the movie the camera shoots closeup to his eyes. Is eli roths quest for the real in the green inferno. After mike rips off mobsters, he flees to the jungle, where his cocaine binges cause him to. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. Explore the worlds most fascinating faithbased groups on cnns believer. The lord calls samuel the boy samuel ministered before the lord under eli. Any form of prion disease is fatal fairly quickly, and would as in kuru have been localised due to something in the meat they were eating.
His other senses were heightened due to his loss of sight. Ive always found cannibal holocaust to be a film of duality, with the first half seen through the eyes of the civilized, and the second an expose on the savage. Jan 20, 2017 reza aslan learns why some fear the aghori hindu sect when he sits down with a bizarre guru covered in cremated ashes. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. He started out with stretching, moving and exercising with his eyes closed, in an. Eyes without a face is a chilling horror picture that, when explained in. Jan 22, 2010 not sure about this last one, but when eli and solara make it to alcatraz island, im pretty sure eli says something like, this looks like a museum to me when theyre being given a tour of the inside. The reason he had to show his hands was to prove that he was not a cannibal. This author developed a extremely moving storyline with characters that jumped off the pages.
In regards to the road, the people they meet have mostly become scavengers and cannibals. In the book of eli, you could fit washingtons dialogue on the back of a beer mat and still have room for his phone number. Hostel 2005 while not a huge fan of hostel overall, what eli roth chose to add to the long lineage of eyeball horror is nothing short of. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Eli has been traveling west for 30 years to get to a place where the book he is carrying would be safe. Annoyed, she glared at the offending article of clothing. Eli and that hot chick come across some cannibals and attempt to leave, but end up needing their help to defend the book from their pursuers.
I say guilty because they are pulp, formulaic, predictable, violent, often misogynist and antisocial. While it wasnt the shirts fault that she was hot, she still decided to blame it. Cannibal moon is the 77th book in the deathlands series under the house name james axler. Without a thought, she pulled her turtleneck over her head and wiped down her face. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. These kinds of people are common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli. Those are just some of the points that would indicate that eli is not fully blind for the majority, if not all, of the movie. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. When he is with the cannibals he searches the room with his eyes. Holloway iii is a riveting emotional story of rape, prostitution, molestation, child abuse, incest, sexual abuse, family rejection, bullying, domestic violence, and finding peace. Eye on fiction where the wild things are the psychologist. The bad guy character in the movie named carnegie classic played by gary oldman was a book collector of sorts who pursued eli until the bitter end. Abbott and costello go to the black lagoon trailers from. Jun 19, 2010 at the end of the movie when the zoom in on his eyes theyre showing the haze on his eyes known as cataract.
Who ends up in control clearly comes from what our hero is carrying in his. The book of eli is kind of like watching the book of mormon filmed and rewritten as a futuristic action movie, except with fewer hot bitches. Eli has a mission of his own, and must keep moving west. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Pierre brasseur plays a brilliant plastic surgeon, prof. During the fight at the beginning he could hear the fighters because they were cannibals. Love, romance action and suspense, a book which kept me riveted to the last page. Nov 06, 2014 police outside the sirhowy arms hotel in argoed picture. One scenario featured a normal suburban family running afoul of a cannibal clan similar to the hills have eyes. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack. Dec 02, 2016 we rank 10 of our favorite eyeball horror scenes. Its pure entertainment and just an excellent horrorcomedy. Probably not, but eli roth claims his film the green inferno is actually a commentary about online slacktivism and the hypocrisy of stroking ones ego in the name of social justice.
In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. Holloway iii is a public speaker speaking about the things he went through in life and was able to overcome all the obstacles and now is helping. Its not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future. The book of eli looks amazing and is utterly convincing as a post apocalyptic united states. Incorrect mistakes and their corrections for the book of eli 2010. In the movie, eli is alone, finding what he can survive on. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. The book of eli movie plot holes and funny quotes reimagined. Peeping tom, the brides of dracula, village of the damned, jigoku, black sunday, eyes without a face 1959 a bucket of blood. I loved this book, and fans of post apocalyptic fiction and thrillers should not miss it. Jan 18, 2010 lets go back to the blindreveal thing for a moment, since im not sure the movie really understood how eli was blind.
To be safe and not be ignorant to the fact that someone was a cannibal they checked their hands first to see if they had the shakes. And the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters. Speaking of clothes, she flickered her eyes downwards at her own before looking into carols eyes. In the house at the beginning, eli looks at the sun from a window, but his eyes dont dialate. I created a new answer without realizing you put the same explanation in the hidden field brenton taylor jan. All 45 songs from the the book of eli 2010 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Youtube the recent spate of stories in the news about faceeating, ripping a mans heart out of his chest, and serving ones own penis for dinner has put cannibalism back on the map.
At our state of theart optometry practice, our mission is to preserve, restore and enhance the vision of every member of your family. Look at the end of the movie when they do a closeup of elis face you see his eyes are glazed over. If someone consumes human brain and nervous system tissue, such as the spinal cord, they risk developing kuru, a disease related to creutzfeldtjakob aka mad cow disease. The book of eli was written by gary whitta, his first feature to be. Except the boob hooks in cannibal ferox, i have no clue where the actual fuck that came from. These kinds of people are quite common to the inhabitants of the world of the the book of eli. Eli had the bible memorized, awful shit and all, and was still a kind and generous person who can kick ass without his eyes holy shit, whereas carnegie desperately wanted the bible for selfish reasons and was a cruel despotic bastard. The lamp of god had not yet gone out, and samuel was lying down in the house of the lord, where the ark of god was.