In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to head to the library for research, sharpen up our switchblades and try to figure out what’s in the box as we review the 1995 film “Se7en”…
Andrew Kevin Walker was working at a Tower Records in New York when he got the inspiration for what would become his most famous film. In those days, Times Square was anything but a tourist destination and Walker noticed that you could walk down the street and see a “deadly sin” being carried out on every corner.
That sparked an idea about a “seven deadly sins murder” and he began writing his script. After finishing, Walker surprisingly found interest in Hollywood with Jeremiah Chechik — best known as the director behind “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — signing onto the project but only under one condition: major rewrites to the script but in particular a much different ending.
Walker did his duty to rewrite the script because that’s just how he thought things worked but an early draft of the screenplay somehow ended up in the hands of David Fincher, who was getting buzz after working on “Alien3,,” a film he actually despised and effectively disowned.
Fincher agreed to do the film but only under one condition — the original screenplay he loved had to be the one he directed. It’s safe to say, Walker was definitely on board with that vision for his story.
The film takes place in an unnamed sprawling metropolis where a series of brutal murders tied to the seven deadly sins draws two detectives to the case to try and find their killer …
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to head to the library for research, sharpen up our switchblades and try to figure out what’s in the box as we review the 1995 film “Se7en”…
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