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.

103 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 Passion of Joan of Arc1928Vampyr1932Paisan1946The Third Man1949Stromboli1950Europa '511952Journey to Italy1954Night and Fog1956Throne of Blood1957Pickpocket1959L'Eclisse1962The Trial1962The Silence1963Pale Flower1964Red Desert1964Woman in the Dunes1964Kwaidan1965Blow-Up1966Tokyo Drifter1966Le Samouraï1967Mouchette1967PlayTime1967Oliver!1968Theorem1968Army of Shadows1969Le Cercle Rouge1970Wanda1970McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971Two-Lane Blacktop1971Walkabout1971Last Tango in Paris1972The Long Goodbye1973Alice in the Cities1974Scenes from a Marriage1974Picnic at Hanging Rock1975The Passenger1975Heart of Glass1976The American Friend1977Stalker1979The Onion Field1979Stranger Than Paradise1983Paris, Texas1984Stranger Than Paradise1984Down by Law1986Wings of Desire1987Damnation1988Landscape in the Mist1988For All Mankind1989Mystery Train1989Violent Cop1989My Own Private Idaho1991Naked1993Chungking Express1994Satantango1994Ghost in the Shell1995Fireworks1997Happy Together1997Lost Highway1997Dark City1998Saving Private Ryan1998Julien Donkey-Boy1999The Blair Witch Project1999101 Reykjavik2000Beau Travail2000Songs from the Second Floor2000Tigerland2000Pulse2001Werckmeister Harmonies2001The Ring2002Lost in Translation2003PTU2003Jarhead2005Inland Empire2006I Am Legend2007Cloverfield2008Summer Hours2008Tokyo Sonata2008WALL·E2008Wendy and Lucy2008The American2010Meek's Cutoff2011Once Upon a Time in Anatolia2011The Turin Horse2011Only God Forgives2013A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014The Equalizer2014The Florida Project2017Cold War2018Night in Paradise2020Monster2023Oddity2024Atropia2025Cactus Pears2025Father Mother Sister Brother2025Magellan2025Sirāt2025Dry Leaf2026