SevenBritish Film Institute, 1999 - 88 pages Gluttony, 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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... Greed ' at the murder scenes . Familiar with the same cultural reference points as Doe , he is able to use the public library system to trace Doe to his address . It is not just that he is erudite , but that he approaches the crime in ...
... Greed ' at the murder scenes . Familiar with the same cultural reference points as Doe , he is able to use the public library system to trace Doe to his address . It is not just that he is erudite , but that he approaches the crime in ...
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... Greed features a room of brown wood and cream walls , lit by muted internal lights and , the first time it is seen , dull daylight from outside broken into soft shadows ( notably in the last , overhead shot of the scene , Mills standing ...
... Greed features a room of brown wood and cream walls , lit by muted internal lights and , the first time it is seen , dull daylight from outside broken into soft shadows ( notably in the last , overhead shot of the scene , Mills standing ...
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... ( Greed ) and Victor ( Sloth ) . 5 Following the film's own practice , I refer to Tracy by her first name but the two detectives by their last . Tracy makes a point about this , when Somerset comes to dinner , introducing ' William ' and ...
... ( Greed ) and Victor ( Sloth ) . 5 Following the film's own practice , I refer to Tracy by her first name but the two detectives by their last . Tracy makes a point about this , when Somerset comes to dinner , introducing ' William ' and ...
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