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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... sound of appalling quality . [ ... ] I realise that the mood of the film is particularly dark , moody and that clarity of image and sound was not the director's main aim . However , the extent to which the sound was obscured goes beyond ...
... sound of appalling quality . [ ... ] I realise that the mood of the film is particularly dark , moody and that clarity of image and sound was not the director's main aim . However , the extent to which the sound was obscured goes beyond ...
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... sounds he makes are deliberate and minimal . Outside the apartment , the dominant sound over the cars and voices is a siren . Given that Seven is a thriller , we are most likely to assign the siren to a police car and it might even be ...
... sounds he makes are deliberate and minimal . Outside the apartment , the dominant sound over the cars and voices is a siren . Given that Seven is a thriller , we are most likely to assign the siren to a police car and it might even be ...
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... Sound Supervisor Yin Cantor Production Sound Mixer Willie D. Burton Recordists Jack Keller , David Behle Re - recording Mixers Robert J. Litt , Rick Hart , Elliot Tyson Supervising Sound Editor Patrick Dodd Dialogue Editors John Nutt ...
... Sound Supervisor Yin Cantor Production Sound Mixer Willie D. Burton Recordists Jack Keller , David Behle Re - recording Mixers Robert J. Litt , Rick Hart , Elliot Tyson Supervising Sound Editor Patrick Dodd Dialogue Editors John Nutt ...
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