
Seven
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BFI Publishing
Published on 1. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-0-85170-723-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Edition
1999
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85170-723-5 (9780851707235)
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Person
Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of many books and articles on cinema, among which are Stars (new edition, 1998) and a volume on Brief Encounter in the BFI Film Classics series (1993).
Content
Acknowledgments
1. Sin
2. Story
3. Structure
4. Seriality
5. Sound
6. Sight
7. Salvation
Notes
Credits
1. Sin
2. Story
3. Structure
4. Seriality
5. Sound
6. Sight
7. Salvation
Notes
Credits

