Seven

Seven (1995) is a critically acclaimed film that explores moral decay, human darkness, and the blurred lines between good and evil through its cinematography, sound, and plot. Richard Dyer's study unpacks how the film epitomizes and modifies the serial killer genre, with a new afterword re-assessing its lasting impact and influence on contemporary filmmaking aesthetics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 13 June 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

David Fincher's "Seven" (1995) is a gripping crime thriller that follows two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), as they investigate a series of gruesome murders. The film explores themes of moral decay, human darkness, and the blurred lines between good and evil, making it one of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s. Richard Dyer's study of the film unpacks how its cinematography, sound, and plot combine to create a harrowing account of a world beset by an all-encompassing, irremediable wickedness. He explores the film in terms of sin, story, structure, seriality, sound, sight, and salvation, analyzing how "Seven" both epitomizes and modifies the serial killer genre, which is such a feature of recent cinema. This new edition includes a new afterword by the author, re-assessing the film's lasting impact and influence over contemporary filmmaking aesthetics.

Weight: 156g
Dimension: 189 x 137 x 8 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839027437
Edition number: 2 ed