Se7en (Fictitious interview with David Fincher discussing conventions of the film)

A Talk With David Fincher

Good morning David

Morning

Your latest work Se7eN has had mixed reviews at the box office. How do you answer to critics who say that the film is nothing more than a shower of insolence that incites violence?

?Bad reviews have never phased me. Se7eN does contain controversial obtrusive material that is aimed to provoke reaction. There is something slightly off about everything. It?s like a beat that you don?t? dwell upon? but, when you make a collection of them it adds to something, as a total is disturbing: because your never sure what is coming next or if it?s significant, or if it?s insignificant because throughout the film the clues and the search for the killer is intertwined with normal, common, everyday things. They?re laced with red herrings if you like. I feel that this is an important aspect of the genre as it?s main purpose is to entertain. I mean if you just pointed out the essentials, then that would give the game away. But if you lace...