Sightlines · a concept

espace quelconque

emptied/disconnected space, drained of coordinates and dramatic function.

On screen: deserted, fragmented, or void spaces no longer serving as a setting for action.

185 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Deleuze’s own examples

DGermany, Year Zero1948DL'Avventura1960DLa Notte1961DDiary of a Country Priest1951DA Man Escaped1956DLate Spring1949

Across the collection

The Circus1928The Passion of Joan of Arc1928Vampyr1932Beauty and the Beast1946Great Expectations1946Paisan1946The Third Man1949Stromboli1950Europa '511952Summer with Monika1953Journey to Italy1954Night and Fog1956Night of the Demon1957Throne of Blood1957Pickpocket1959Cruel Story of Youth1960The Cloud-Capped Star1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960An Autumn Afternoon1962L'Eclisse1962The Trial1962The Silence1963Pale Flower1964Red Desert1964Woman in the Dunes1964Kwaidan1965A Man and a Woman1966Blow-Up1966Tokyo Drifter1966Le Samouraï1967Mouchette1967PlayTime1967The Red and the White1967Oliver!1968Theorem1968Army of Shadows1969L'Amour fou1969Medea1969Le Cercle Rouge1970Wanda1970McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971Murmur of the Heart1971Two-Lane Blacktop1971Walkabout1971Last Tango in Paris1972The Long Goodbye1973Alice in the Cities1974Lenny1974Scenes from a Marriage1974Picnic at Hanging Rock1975The Passenger1975Heart of Glass1976News from Home1977The American Friend1977Hitler: A Film from Germany1978Killer of Sheep1978Ballad of Tara1979Stalker1979Tess1979The Onion Field1979Modern Romance1981Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982Local Hero1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983Risky Business1983Stranger Than Paradise1983Testament1983Nineteen Eighty-Four1984Paris, Texas1984Stranger Than Paradise1984The Element of Crime1984Vagabond1985Betty Blue1986Down by Law1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling1986Landscape Suicide1987Where Is The Friend's House?1987Wings of Desire1987Damnation1988Landscape in the Mist1988For All Mankind1989Mystery Train1989Violent Cop1989A Brighter Summer Day1991Defending Your Life1991My Own Private Idaho1991Night on Earth1991Orlando1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992Moving1993Naked1993Chungking Express1994Little Odessa1994Satantango1994Three Colors: White1994Ghost in the Shell1995Bottle Rocket1996Fireworks1997Happy Together1997Lost Highway1997Bullet Ballet1998Dark City1998Saving Private Ryan1998Julien Donkey-Boy1999The Blair Witch Project1999101 Reykjavik2000Beau Travail2000Songs from the Second Floor2000Tigerland2000Batang West Side2001Fat Girl2001Ghost World2001La Ciénaga2001Pulse2001Werckmeister Harmonies2001The Ring2002Lost in Translation2003PTU2003Evolution of a Filipino Family2004Jarhead2005Me and You and Everyone We Know2005The Beat That My Heart Skipped2005The Wayward Cloud2005Inland Empire2006Control2007I Am Legend2007Cloverfield2008Extraordinary Stories2008Summer Hours2008Tokyo Sonata2008WALL·E2008Wendy and Lucy2008Polytechnique2009The American2010Meek's Cutoff2011Once Upon a Time in Anatolia2011The Turin Horse2011Nebraska2013Only God Forgives2013A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014From What Is Before2014The Equalizer2014When Marnie Was There2014Anomalisa2015Personal Shopper2016The Florida Project2017The Lego Batman Movie2017Cold War2018Mandy2018Wildlife2018La Flor2019All the Bright Places2020David Byrne's American Utopia2020Night in Paradise2020Palm Springs2020Fear Street: 19942021The Hand of God2021Smile2022Suzume2022All of Us Strangers2023Monster2023Priscilla202318x2 Beyond Youthful Days2024A Real Pain2024Deadpool & Wolverine2024Flow2024I Saw the TV Glow2024Oddity2024Queer2024Atropia2025Cactus Pears2025Father Mother Sister Brother2025Magellan2025Sirāt2025Backrooms2026Dry Leaf2026Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026The Death of Robin Hood2026