The Book of Eli: Finding God in the Post-Apocalyptic Era

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“Where are you going?”

“West.”

The plethora of dystopian and post-apocalyptic literature and movies makes it difficult to find a new and fresh look on the oversaturated sub-genre.  As “The Book of Eli” opens, nothing seems very new.  The gray sky, stone rubble, and the unspoken law that one may only dress in tans and blacks are not new to the Hughes Brothers’ picture.  What is new is the subject of the plot – a book.

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