Sightlines · a concept

affective colour

colour as an absorbent surface that soaks up the affect (not merely coloured objects).

On screen: a colour that absorbs the scene and its feeling.

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

Across the collection

Greed1924Gone with the Wind1939The Wizard of Oz1939Spellbound1945Black Narcissus1947The Red Shoes1948Moulin Rouge1952Gate of Hell1953Johnny Guitar1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954Senso1954All That Heaven Allows1955Rebel Without a Cause1955To Catch a Thief1955Written on the Wind1956Marnie1964Red Desert1964The Umbrellas of Cherbourg1964Doctor Zhivago1965Juliet of the Spirits1965Kwaidan1965Pierrot le Fou1965Tokyo Drifter1966La Chinoise1967Point Blank1967Oliver!1968Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971Cries and Whispers1972Mean Streets1973Carrie1976Suspiria1977Apocalypse Now1979From the Life of the Marionettes1980Heaven's Gate1980Thief1981E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982El Norte1983Rumble Fish1983The Outsiders1983Ran1985The Color Purple1985Blue Velvet1986She's Gotta Have It1986Babette's Feast1987Hope and Glory1987The Last Emperor1987Wings of Desire1987Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Sweetie1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989Dreams1990Edward Scissorhands1990King of New York1990Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!1990Wild at Heart1990Raise the Red Lantern1991The Double Life of Véronique1991Schindler's List1993The Piano1993Three Colors: Blue1993True Romance1993Fallen Angels1995Leaving Las Vegas1995Happy Together1997The Fifth Element1997The Game1997Meet Joe Black1998Run Lola Run1998American Beauty1999Ratcatcher1999Almost Famous2000Requiem for a Dream2000Traffic2000Blow2001The Royal Tenenbaums2001Vanilla Sky2001Far from Heaven2002Hero2002Mango Yellow2002Punch-Drunk Love2002Kill Bill: Vol. 1200320462004House of Flying Daggers2004Man on Fire2004The Aviator2004The Machinist2004Lady Vengeance2005Sin City2005The Constant Gardener2005Letters from Iwo Jima2006Pan's Labyrinth20063002007Ip Man2008WALL·E2008We Need to Talk About Kevin2011Her2013Only God Forgives2013Pacific Rim2013Enemy2014The World of Kanako2014Mad Max: Fury Road2015Moonlight2016The Neon Demon2016Atomic Blonde2017Blade Runner 20492017Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017The Florida Project2017Beanpole2019Nightmare Alley2021Petrov's Flu2021EO2022Poor Things2023The Zone of Interest2023Dune: Part Two2024The Blue Trail2025The Currents2025