SevenGluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy, Wrath. A serial killer on a warped mission who turns his victims' "sins" into the means of their murder. "Seven" (1995) is one of the most acclaimed American films of the 1990s. Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Spacey, "Seven" is the darkest of films. In it performance, cinematography, sound, and plot combine to create a harrowing account of a world beset by an all-encompassing, irremediable wickedness. Richard Dyer explores in turn the questions of sin, story, structure, seriality, sound, sight and salvation, analyzing how "Seven" both epitomizes and modifies the serial killer genre that is such a feature of recent cinema. |
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User Review - smichaelwilson - LibraryThingWhile Dyer's book on the David Fincher film Seven is a competent and thorough examination of he film, it still manages to feel as if it falls short by the end. To be fair, this might be in part due to ... Read full review
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| Title | Seven BFI Film Classics BFI modern classics |
| Authors | NA NA, Richard Dyer |
| Contributor | British Film Institute |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | British Film Institute, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0851707238, 9780851707235 |
| Length | 88 pages |
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