We see a well-cultured, intelligent man who treats his victims with alternating doses of sensitivity and brutality. He has purposely avoided the hyper-stylized approach of Seven . He gives us a movie that looks recognizably ordinary and then he shows us the danger just beneath the surface. However, the camerawork in Kiss the Girls is anonymous, only conveying the obvious. For example, Fleder gives us several scenes in the forests of North Carolina, where the killer keeps his victims.
Bright light slices through the thin trees while leaves crunch under foot.
Throughout the rest of the movie, nature creeps into other scenes as well, as if we're supposed to associate it with the killer. But it's a weak association, for there is nothing dangerous about the nature that Fleder gives us. In fact the movie's organic qualities give us a welcome respite from Casanova's cold, intellectual nature. For example, when McTiernan escapes from Casanova's underground lair, she runs through the forest and ultimately escapes because Casanova can't follow her after she plunges over a cliff. As a result, nature actually plays a role in saving her life.