Seven, directed by David Fincher

We will study seven, a thriller directed by david fincher in 1995. This film deals with a serial killer (John Doe) who kills seven people who represent one of the seven deadly sins. I have chosen to study the last sequence but one, in which John Doe punishes the two deadly sins remaining: the envy represented by himself, and the wrath represented by the detective Mills. It is an interesting sequence because there are many twists in the plot, and we see how the killer manages to accomplish what he has planned. Moreover, we can say that this sequence is on the side to the whole film; it differentiates itself by the mise en scène. Indeed, it is the only sequence which happens in broad daylight, under a blazing sun, and in a desert place, whereas the rest of the film happens in the city, generally in interior, in driving rain, and in the darkness. We will see why we can talk about marginality, and how it is dealed with in that sequence.