Se7en — Seven:

: Directed by Kyle Cooper, the opening credits are considered some of the most influential in cinema, featuring hand-scrawled text and a remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" to immediately establish a sense of unease [1, 22].

: The final two sins are fulfilled in the iconic desert finale where John Doe claims to be Envy , leading to Detective Mills becoming the embodiment of Wrath [13, 29, 31]. Literary and Cultural References

: 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]. Seven: Se7en

: Particularly "The Parson’s Tale," which discusses the seven deadly sins [6, 7].

The script draws heavily from classic literature to build its moral and hellish atmosphere: : Directed by Kyle Cooper, the opening credits

: Specifically Inferno and Purgatorio , which detail the punishments for the seven deadly sins [6, 15].

: A man forced to eat until his stomach ruptures [13, 14]. : Particularly "The Parson’s Tale," which discusses the

: The studio originally wanted a more mainstream ending, but David Fincher and Brad Pitt fought to keep the original "head in a box" conclusion, with Pitt refusing to sign on unless the ending remained unchanged [1].