The reason the cannibals hands shake is that they suffer from kuru disease a form of creutzfeldjakob disease caused by eating human brains or spinal columns. Ill be honest with you, the book of eli panel at last summers san diego comiccon garnered little attention, despite having stars denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis in attendance, as. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. The reason the cannibals hands shake is that they suffer from kuru disease a form of creutzfeldjakob disease caused by eating human brains or spinal. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged. Determined to protect a sacred text that promises to save humanity, eli goes on a quest westward across the barren, postapocalyptic country. Again lawrence does a great job creating an eerie atmosphere to show the most intense suspicion he can. 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.
Mix one cup of postapocalypse, a heaped tablespoon of religion, a teaspoon of highly choreographed action, and a dash of selfimportance. The book of eli is an oldfashioned western dressed up in postapocalyptic rags. Kuru is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy tse caused by the transmission of abnormally folded proteins prion proteins, which leads to symptoms such as tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration. The first symptom is shaking limbs, which is why people check elis hands throughout the movie. The film falls in the post apocalyptic dystopian genre, and as such has similarities with many other similar films, novels, and.
Original post by wikipedia kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder brain disease that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. 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. Incorrect mistakes and their corrections for the book of eli 2010. Even solara, a town girl who tags along with eli, cant get much more information out of him than that, although he. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book of eli is a strong story about a godfearing man determined to obey the will of the lord. Eli soon realizes that marthas shaking hands are a result of their diet.
On the face of it the book of eli is a rattling good postapocalyptic neowestern where eli stands in for mad max or the man with no name sergio. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. A 2010 postapocalyptic film starring denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis directed by the hughes brothers. The book of eli kindle edition by moffie, sam, bastiens. Throughout the book i personally loved how mysterious some of the events and how some of the characters our. Why did people look at each others hands in the book of eli. The book of eli opens with a day in the life of its lead, played by denzel washington.
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 safe location on the west coast of. Kuru is a very rare, incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the fore people of papua new guinea. Kuru is spread by cannibalism, particularly of the brain. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. Eli doesnt fall for that, but does get her to pray with him before eating, and unintentionally allows her to see his valued book, although she cant read, much like everyone else. The book of eli kindle edition by moffie, sam, bastiens, devra. Eli is the man with one name who ambles into a backwater burg in search of water and comes face to face with evil in the form of carnegie gary oldman, who is involved with the blind claudia jennifer beals while he pursues claudias nubile daughter solara mila kunis. Kuru is a very rare, incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common. Though the theory is not universally accepted, some researchers have posited that kuru was transmitted among members of the fore tribe of papua new guinea via cannibalism. I just watched the book of eli and its mentioned repeatedly, im curious as to what the correlation is. 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. Eli has in his possession the last surviving bible in the world, and he is on a mission he believes was given to him by god, to head west to where it will be safe. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Therefore in a society where cannibalism is common place, the chances of a getting cjd and therefore having shaking hands could be quite high.
Kuru is a real life disease caused by a prion transmitted through consumption of infectious brain matter. At first glance, the book of eli appears to be just another violent. Perhaps its the freshness of that movie, and the popularity and respect afforded mccarthys book, that will make the road so prevalent in any evaluation of the hughes bros. Her forced description of that, however, alerts carnegie that eli possesses the book he so. Ohh yea just personal experience ya know joking i watched the book of eli for the first time last night and was curious as to why they checked peoples hands for shaking and then when they found the old couple who were cannibals their shaking gave them away. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli. All he will say is that hes walking westward until he finds a place where the book is needed. The epidemic declined sharply after the tribe ended cannibalism, from 200 deaths. The book of eli abc hobart australian broadcasting.
Seeing a graveyard at the back of the house, it is suggested that the lack of food has turned the couple into cannibals. The best part about this scene is that they play an anita ward song on an old 78 player. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. Shaking hands is a symptom of creutzfeldtjakob disease, which is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, it is basically a human variant of mad cow desease it can be caused by a genetic trait, and is difficult to catch otherwise. The book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road.
Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. The book of eli 2010 by johnny cirucci sun, 27 february 2011 november 1st, 2017 no comments in todays rabidly antichristian hollywood, this apocalyptic actiondrama is sacrilege. It was first noted in papua new guinea in the 1950s and 60s and has largely remained only in that area due to endocannibalistic practices. In the postapocalyptic film the book of eli, the protagonist notes shaky hands. This could easily be a companionpiece to the road, to which it bears a superficial resemblance. The book of eli2010 was an original script written by gary whitta. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting elis canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. This is also how eli knows that the old couple are cannibals, as the old woman carrying the tea shakes worse than the old man in the tomb raider tutorial who also carries tea.
At a time when theaters are experiencing a glut of doomsday scenarios, the hughes ashen, bombedout future world looks a little too familiar, no matter how crisply they present it. These are a few things you probably got wrong about cannibalism. Eli himself is a little more circumspect about his purposes. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move.
Later it explains that cannibals shake because they have had too much human meat. Think a live action adaptation of the fist of the north star mangaanime with a race lifted kenshiro, or fallout with christianity instead of the american dream in the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was. The book of eli dvd 2009 this is probably one of the most highly underrated movies of 2010 due to the overwhelming surge of 3d films brought on by avatar which was out around the same time of this film. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. For the best answers, search on this site ive heard about that before, i remember seeing the book of eli where the cannibals were given away because they couldnt stop their hands from shaking.
A road warrior of a different sort, the title character played by denzel washington in the book of eli spends much of the story traveling by foot across an eerie landscape, a long and quick. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Hes wandering postapocalyptic america, scavenging abandoned houses for supplies etc, eating what he can, seemingly praying, and listening to al green on an mp3 player. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Cassandra ihsl on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. They were checking to see if the other persons hands were steady, or were they shaking. The book of eli takes the form of an ultraviolent graphic novel, with washington as a steely man with no name type who cuts a righteous path through the gullets of sinners and savages. Cannibals develop several distinctive tics, including shaking hands. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular. The book of eli is a little like the popcorn version of john hillcoats adaptation of cormac mccarthys postapocalyptic novel.
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