Scripture in Movies: the Case of “The Book of Eli”

It is seen that the holy books are emphasized by religious institutions, clergy or religious people through various means in order to see the value they deserve, as they used to, again today. film/cinema, chosen as one of these ways, emerges as a useful and valuable tool in our age when visuality is at the forefront. film/cinema has also been a tool used to convey religious messages both directly and indirectly to the subconscious. “the book of eli”, directed by brothers albert and allen hughes and starring the famous actor denzel washington contains important information about god, the prophet, the holy book, and human understanding in christianity. the film both instilled in christians the idea that they should value their own scriptures more and gave the message to members of other religions about how the people who practice it can rule the world, that is, how important a book they have. this study aims to make an analysis of the use of religious elements in films, how to give messages and to emphasize the value of holy books in the aforementioned film example.