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Chapter 264 The Human Nature of the Seven Deadly Sins

With the end of the Oscars, although Dawn did not continue the glory of last year, it also won the Oscars for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film.
The North American box office of "Philadelphia Story" also exceeded 7000 million US dollars!
At the Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood, Aaron and director David Fincher discussed the new script "Seven";
After being adapted by David Fincher, the script of "Seven" has become more religious in nature.

"These seven sins throughout the film seem even more sinister and terrifying because of their religious background, don't they?"

After reading the new script, Aaron finally understood David Fincher's horror style.

"Aaron, the murderer in the movie, John Doe, is a true religious fanatic who uses cruel means to force his victims to atone for their sins. He believes he is a preacher chosen by God;"

"Furthermore, in his plan, he was even willing to sacrifice his own life to fulfill the punishment for these seven crimes. This is crazy and unreasonable!"

David Fincher's meaning is very clear. The religious color of this movie is just one of the tools to express the theme. The topic that the film really wants to explore is the indifference of human nature in society.

The script, through the exaggerated and fictional performance of the murderer John Doe, expresses a kind of modern American Christian fundamentalism;

However, because modern mainstream culture rejects fundamentalism and makes it face the society of the MTV era and people's indifference and ruthlessness, the murderer, as a crazy believer, would retaliate in an almost insane way.

As for the reason why the murderer in the story took so much trouble to design various methods of committing the crime, it was precisely to attract the attention of the public;
The murderer believed that various crimes in modern society were so common that people no longer considered them to constitute crimes. He combined Christian values with terrorist methods just to fulfill his mission of preaching!
Aaron nodded. The theme of "Seven Deadly Sins" is very rich. Under the cloak of religion, it contains many aspects such as humanity and redemption.

For example, in "Seven", the lifestyles of those who were tortured to death by the murderer through various capital crimes were certainly undesirable, but the killer John Doe's method of punishment was obviously wrong, because extremism is not the right way to fight against the loss of modern civilization;
In this story, the boundaries between good and evil are blurred, and each brutal murder case calls for reflection from every member of society.

David Fincher looked at Aaron and said, "What I want to express in this movie is that in our materialistic society, too many people have lost themselves and are unable to control or resist;"

"At the end of the script, the murderer John Doe successfully completed his plan, closing the final step with his own death. I hope this will make every viewer reflect on the laws and human nature of modern society."

In fact, in the story, the victims of the "Seven Deadly Sins" did not commit any crimes that actually violated the law. From this perspective, the film shows the limited binding force and scope of the law to the public, expressing doubts about the level of development of legal culture.
In terms of morality, religious culture is a special component of moral culture and has a strong educational and guiding role. Original sin and redemption are both important components of Christian culture and have profound significance.

In David Fincher's conception, the ordinary people, policemen, and criminals in the play are all subject to the domination of "original sin" or the evil of human nature, which is enough to reflect the universality of this evil.
David Fincher also tried to awaken people's self-reflection and self-purification through the interpretation of the two concepts of original sin and redemption!
Aaron nodded. "So, since the script explores the dark side of human nature, the photography style is primarily dark, right?"

David Fincher smiled and said, "Yes, I discussed with the photographer that this story should also look very scary;"

"The visual effects will be damp and dim to create a suspenseful and thrilling atmosphere. Not only that, we will also design different lighting for each murder scene in the play according to different themes!" For example, in the scene of gluttony, the main style of the picture will be cold colors, and close-ups and close-ups will be used to show the narrow interior space;

The words of greed are then used to show the deceased’s extravagant life in a panoramic view, which fits his crime, using the contrast of warm and cold colors to create visual stimulation;

And in the scenes of lust, the atmosphere of a nightclub with bright lights and feasting is created...

Through this film, David Fincher wants to create a black worldview and cleverly and brilliantly integrate the tradition of "film noir" into today's society.

The characteristic of film noir is that it proposes an ambiguous moral standard and deliberately labels the murderer as a savior;
The script of "Seven Deadly Sins" creates the image of a paranoid and crazy murderer. He designed different methods of killing for each victim based on the different crimes. The only similarity is that the method of committing the crime is extremely cruel and the anti-detection awareness is extremely strong.

Most importantly, the murderer had an extremely strong will to complete his murder plan, and ultimately used his own life for so-called preaching!

Film noir is a quintessentially American expression of existentialism, pessimistic romanticism, and cynical characters;

The fall of ideals, loss of sincerity, alienation of humanity and mental breakdown are the eternal themes of film noir. Even though the form of film noir has changed with the development of the times, the pessimism, alienation, loss and nostalgia it conveys remain unchanged.

In the theme of the script "Seven Deadly Sins", this "black" atmosphere is everywhere, and darkness and horror run through the entire story!
However, the ending of "Seven" is obviously unexpected. In common storylines, movies often end with the villains being punished and the good guys winning in the end.

But in this script, it seems that everything is developing according to the murderer's plan. Although the murderer died in the end, his death was also part of his own plan. The biggest victims in the story became the young detective couple.

The ending of the story of "Seven Deadly Sins" lacks the part where the characters rebound, but directly shows the audience the whole process of the positive characters' degeneration, which has a great impact on people!
"David, now that everything is ready, we should start forming the crew as soon as possible," Aaron said that he would support David Fincher, but you have to be quick.

“Well, I’ve already found Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington, and the script has been sent to them;”

"It seems like it's not the right time."

After listening to David Fincher, Aaron was stunned for a moment. Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington?
(End of this chapter)