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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
Page 13
... turns out to be ' Satan himself ' , that would be satisfying . However , he goes on to say that the sad fact is ' he's not the devil , he's just a man ' , not an embodiment of the Purgatory Proper DEFICIENT LOVE MISDIRECTED LOVE IV ...
... turns out to be ' Satan himself ' , that would be satisfying . However , he goes on to say that the sad fact is ' he's not the devil , he's just a man ' , not an embodiment of the Purgatory Proper DEFICIENT LOVE MISDIRECTED LOVE IV ...
Page 21
... turns himself in after five murders ) Andrew Kevin Walker's original script for Seven contained the backbone of the film : the conceit of the seven deadly sins murders and the two coups de théâtre : the killer's surrender and the final ...
... turns himself in after five murders ) Andrew Kevin Walker's original script for Seven contained the backbone of the film : the conceit of the seven deadly sins murders and the two coups de théâtre : the killer's surrender and the final ...
Page 28
... turns with a pained expression to Mills , turns back before speaking , but glances towards Mills on a minuscule pause before ' tap ' Mills seen through the grille as from from Doe to Somerset Somerset in profile , very close - up ...
... turns with a pained expression to Mills , turns back before speaking , but glances towards Mills on a minuscule pause before ' tap ' Mills seen through the grille as from from Doe to Somerset Somerset in profile , very close - up ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1st Assistant Additional Photography Artist aural BFI Modern Classics body Brad Pitt by/performed Casting character Chris Christian cinema Closer Co-ordinator colour credits sequence crime Darius Khondji darkness David Fincher death Detective Doe's Editor effect Envy evoking film cuts film's fuck fuckin gives Gluttony Gluttony murder scene Greed Hearts Filthy Lesson helicopter high culture horror imagery investigation Jack the Ripper John Doe Kevin Spacey Killer Movie killing Lethal Weapon light look Lust male massage parlour metronome Michael Mills and Doe Mills and Somerset Mills's Morgan Freeman Nine Inch Nails noise performance Pitt's play police Production rain realise reference Ren Klyce Richard Dyer Robert salvation says script seems sense serial killer seven deadly sins shot Sloth Somerset and Doe Somerset and Mills sound soundtrack structure suggests Supervisor tells Mills THRILLER Throughout the film victims Victor violence wickedness Wrath