A look at the opening titles sequence for Se7en; some of the work by Joel-Peter Witkin, Stan Brakhage, and Norman McLaren that inspired it; and the Mark Romanek music video for “Closer,” which served, in a remixed version, as the movie’s theme song.
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Pages of John Doe's notebooks scanned from the liner notes of Se7en, Criterion Collection laserdisc edition, 1996:
http://www.criterion.com/asp/laserdisc_browse.asp
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"A Motion Picture Giving and Taking Book" by Stan Brakhage excerpted from Brakhage Scrapbook, Documentext edition, 1982
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Excerpts from "Mothlight" directed by Stan Brakhage excerpted from By Brakhage, Criterion Collection DVD edition, 2003:
http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=184
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Excerpt from "Blinkity Blank" directed by Norman McLaren found on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw67jUMQTXs
Kyle Cooper head shot found at Alamo Drafthouse press page:
http://www.originalalamo.com/press/index.html
"Closer" music video directed by Mark Romanek excerpted from The Work of Director Mark Romanek, Palm Pictures/Director's Label
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