Seven: Se7en -

: 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

: A victim tied to a bed and kept alive in a vegetative state for a year [13, 18]. Seven: Se7en

: A man forced to eat until his stomach ruptures [13, 14]. : The final two sins are fulfilled in

: 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]. : To achieve the film's grimy, "dank" look,

The film's narrative is structured around the execution of victims representing each of the sins. The murders are often described as "psychological violence" because the film rarely shows the act of killing, instead forcing the audience to imagine the horror through the disturbing crime scenes [1, 18]:

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