In the first paragraph, the author seems to be irrelevant to the translation of the title of the film. But from these two different translation methods can be seen the vital interest of the audience - that is, what kind of information the translator is giving us. Is the translator's translation tendency to be faithful to the content or to the original title? That is, whether it is subjectively elucidated on the basis of facts, or objectively following its original style. This is not only in the translation of small movie titles, but also in the translation of large literary translations. These two typical translation tendencies will determine what kind of works can be obtained by readers who cannot read the original works - it can be said that the works of secondary creation . Therefore, I would like to say that whether it is in the field of film (lines) or in the field of literature, translation, good translation is really important.
After talking about the title, it is finally time to talk about the content of the movie. The story told in The Book of Eli is simple: at some point in the future, a worldwide war will push humanity to the brink of destruction, and what remains is ruins, ubiquitous brutal confrontation, and the decline of civilization. Yet a prophecy spread among the remaining tiny humans at the same time. Legend has it that the only book of apocalypse left in the world has the power to lead people's hearts. The protagonist of the film, Eli (Denzel Washington), finally finds the book, and follows the direction indicated by the prophecy (West) to find the final and correct ownership of the book. On the other hand, there is another person in the film who also really wants to get this book, that is, Carnegie (Gary Oldman), who dominates one side. Believing that the power of this book is stronger than force, in order to achieve his true rule, he sent people to look for it everywhere, but could not find it for a long time. In the middle of the film, the protagonist Eli passes by here on the westbound. The conflicting focal points finally converge, and the scheming Carnegie learns through his adopted daughter Solara (Mira Kunis) that the book is on Eli. So began to hunt down Eli. A battle to "snatch" books has only officially begun from this time.
At the end of the film, on the one hand, Carnegie seized the Bible written in Braille, but at this time he had betrayed his relatives, and the only woman around him who knew Braille left him, leaving behind ridicule and Carnegie's loss. On the other hand, Eli, who was seriously injured, did not stop his journey to the west, and finally reached his destination with the help of Solara - a collection place of "lost" civilizations. He also commissioned someone else to write the Bible through memory, and died shortly after. For the ending, the audience should have expected it long ago, that is, the book has found its home, and the world has hope for a new life. In addition, there are a few things that the author would like to mention: the first one, in the "collection of civilizations (for now)", the manager said comfortably, there are also the complete works of Shakespeare, Wagner and Mozart. In the film, what is left of the human race is the complete works of Shakespeare in literature, in the field of music there are Mozart's music, Wagner's opera, the administrator's original regrettable lack of religion is now also made up On, that's the book contested in the film - the Bible. It can be seen what these four things mean to the entire human civilization in Western society. Of course, the most important thing is the new faith given to people by the Bible. In the second place, ELI, the messenger who escorted the faith, finally died without life. Solara, a fellow traveler who met halfway, carried ELI's luggage, and her direction was "HOME". One death, one life, one finally falls at the end of "home (that is, faith)", while the other foreshadows going to this "home" at one time. Before the end of the film, these two small hints set by the editor seem to tell us that the revival of civilization requires the above four (mentioned above), and the pursuit of faith and the "HOME" of human beings is also Life and death are constant.
After talking about the understanding of the title, I also finished the story and clues of the film. Finally, I want to talk about the theme of the film with a small amount of ink. For many people, before watching it, they would think that this is a sci-fi movie, a sci-fi movie without a devastating scene happening. This movie just borrows the questioning mode of sci-fi movies-future, destruction, salvation . However, I believe that after watching it, most people say that this is a religious film. Both of these statements are on the same side. To be precise, maybe it's just like Daniel Washington said in an interview "to make "The Book of Eli," because I think the screenwriter is very innovative, this movie is so different from the doomsday theme we have seen in the past Locally, it has a relatively strong religious atmosphere, but it is not exaggerated, it is not eloquent, and it does not have too much preaching dialogue to try to stand at any height. Simple, his simplicity attracted me. "From this passage, we can know that this is a movie that uses the power of religion to save the doomsday. It is not some doomsday hero that we always see to save mankind. It is not entirely in a religious tone. From the perspective of storytelling, the protagonist is ELI played by Daniel Washington, and from the perspective of the theme of the film, the protagonist is the book - the Bible. However, when the movie reflects the theme of faith and saving mankind, what do we see? Two strands Power, one for good (ELI, Solara), one for evil (Carnegie). These two forces have the opportunity to master the power of this belief at the same time. From this point of view, then what the film will reflect It will be much richer, that is, religious belief can be mastered by the power of good, and it can also be controlled by the power of evil. Therefore, the power of this belief can save human civilization, and it can also destroy everything.
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