: To achieve the film's grimy, "dank" look, cinematographer Darius Khondji used a chemical process called bleach bypass on the film stock to deepen the blacks and desaturate the colors [1].
: Particularly "The Parson’s Tale," which discusses the seven deadly sins [6, 7]. Seven: Se7en
: Specifically Inferno and Purgatorio , which detail the punishments for the seven deadly sins [6, 15]. : To achieve the film's grimy, "dank" look,
: Cited for the quote, "Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light," left at the Gluttony scene [6, 7, 25]. : Cited for the quote, "Long is the
Released in 1995, (stylized as SE7EN ) is a landmark crime thriller directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker . Set in a bleak, unnamed, and perpetually rainy city, the film follows retiring Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and his hot-tempered new partner, David Mills (Brad Pitt), as they hunt a meticulous serial killer named John Doe (Kevin Spacey) who uses the seven deadly sins as his motive and "masterpiece" [1, 8, 13]. The Thematic Framework