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THE WESTERN GETS RELIGION AND MAD SAMURAI SKILLS IN THE BOOK OF ELI
Moviemakers have repeatedly insisted that The Book of Eli, despite its setting, is not a Western. Sure it’s all about a showdown in a small Western town between a mysterious stranger and the the local powers that be. But, as they pointed out in a recent group interview with SCI FI Wire, there are some significant departures from the genre classics.
First of all it’s set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic future. And then there’s the religious angle that has been highlighted in the movie’s recent poster campaign.
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STAR OF ‘ELI’ – MILA KUNIS
While actress Mila Kunis has been involved in stunt work and action scenes before, the twenty-six year old actress told CBR News that the biggest difference by far in performing them while filming her new movie ‘The Book of Eli’ came down to something completely out of the director’s control. “The weather didn’t know what it wanted to be. It would snow one day and then wouldn’t the next day. Then sunshine. Then rain.” Despite Mother Nature’s lack of cooperation, Kunis said that her stunt work was actually fairly light. “I didn’t have many stunts. Denzel had most of the stunts. I ran a lot. That’s all I did. Walking for me is hard enough, so running…I was like, ‘whoo, it’s going to be rough.'”
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The more I hear about this movie, the more I want to see it. What are your thoughts?
