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.

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

Across the collection

La Roue1923Greed1924Hell's Angels1930Gone with the Wind1939The Wizard of Oz1939The Thief of Bagdad1940Heaven Can Wait1943Spellbound1945A Matter of Life and Death1946Black Narcissus1947The Red Shoes1948Moulin Rouge1952Gate of Hell1953The War of the Worlds1953Johnny Guitar1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954Senso1954All That Heaven Allows1955Rebel Without a Cause1955To Catch a Thief1955Written on the Wind1956A Midsummer's Night Dream1959Imitation of Life1959Cruel Story of Youth1960An Autumn Afternoon1962Blood and Black Lace1964Marnie1964Red Desert1964The Umbrellas of Cherbourg1964Doctor Zhivago1965Juliet of the Spirits1965Kwaidan1965Pierrot le Fou1965A Man and a Woman1966Tokyo Drifter1966La Chinoise1967Point Blank1967Wavelength1967Oliver!1968The Beguiled1971Wake in Fright1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971Cries and Whispers1972Belladonna of Sadness1973Mean Streets1973Carrie1976House1977Suspiria1977The Wiz1978Watership Down1978Apocalypse Now1979Ballad of Tara1979From the Life of the Marionettes1980Heaven's Gate1980Thief1981E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982El Norte1983Rumble Fish1983The Outsiders1983Choose Me1984The Element of Crime1984My Beautiful Laundrette1985Ran1985The Color Purple1985Betty Blue1986Blue Velvet1986She's Gotta Have It1986Sid and Nancy1986Babette's Feast1987Hope and Glory1987Moonstruck1987The Last Emperor1987Wings of Desire1987Grave of the Fireflies1988Hairspray1988Women 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 Véronique1991Bram Stoker's Dracula1992The Crying Game1992Blue1993Cronos1993Farewell My Concubine1993Schindler's List1993The Piano1993Three Colors: Blue1993True Romance1993Little Odessa1994Shallow Grave1994The Mask1994Fallen Angels1995Leaving Las Vegas1995Happy Together1997The Fifth Element1997The Game1997Meet Joe Black1998Run Lola Run1998The Last Days of Disco1998American Beauty1999Ratcatcher1999Almost Famous2000Requiem for a Dream2000Traffic2000Blow2001Moulin Rouge!2001The Royal Tenenbaums2001Vanilla Sky2001Far from Heaven2002Hero2002Mango Yellow2002Punch-Drunk Love2002House of 1000 Corpses2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1200320462004House of Flying Daggers2004Man on Fire2004The Aviator2004The Machinist2004D.E.B.S.2005Lady Vengeance2005Sin City2005The Constant Gardener2005Letters from Iwo Jima2006Pan's Labyrinth20063002007Sunshine2007Ip Man2008Twilight2008WALL·E2008(500) Days of Summer2009A Single Man2009Fantastic Mr. Fox2009The Lovely Bones2009The Secret of Kells2009Alice in Wonderland2010TRON: Legacy2010Le Havre2011We Need to Talk About Kevin2011Moonrise Kingdom2012Blue Is the Warmest Color2013Enemy2013Evil Dead2013Frances Ha2013Her2013Only God Forgives2013Pacific Rim2013Boy & the World2014Enemy2014The Amazing Spider-Man 22014The World of Kanako2014When Marnie Was There2014Mad Max: Fury Road2015Me Before You2016Moonlight2016The Neon Demon2016Atomic Blonde2017Blade Runner 20492017Good Time2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017It2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017The Florida Project2017The Greatest Showman2017The Other Side of Hope2017The Shape of Water2017Climax2018I Want to Eat Your Pancreas2018Mandy2018To All the Boys I've Loved Before2018Tumbbad2018Wildlife2018Beanpole2019Marona's Fantastic Tale2020Promising Young Woman2020Cruella2021Fear Street: 19942021Last Night in Soho2021Luca2021Nightmare Alley2021Petrov's Flu2021EO2022Entergalactic2022Pearl2022Suzume2022Thor: Love and Thunder2022Poor Things2023The Zone of Interest2023Wonka202318x2 Beyond Youthful Days2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024Dune: Part Two2024I Saw the TV Glow2024Inside Out 22024Lisa Frankenstein2024Wicked2024A Minecraft Movie2025Dracula2025KPop Demon Hunters2025The Blue Trail2025The Currents2025Wicked: For Good2025In Waves2026