Sightlines · a concept

crystal cracked

a flaw/line of escape through the crystal.

On screen: a fissure/background line of flight out of the totality.

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

Across the collection

Grand Illusion1937The Rules of the Game1939The Lady from Shanghai1947Le Plaisir19528½1963Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966if....1968Gimme Shelter1970Last Tango in Paris1972Enter the Dragon1973The Last Wave1977Paris, Texas1984Dead Ringers1988sex, lies, and videotape1989My Own Private Idaho1991Prospero's Books1991Three Colors: Red1994Strange Days1995Hamlet1996Irma Vep1996Happy Together1997Open Your Eyes1997The Game1997Dark City1998The Truman Show1998The Others2001Vanilla Sky2001Far from Heaven2002Ripley's Game2002Good Bye, Lenin!2003Infernal Affairs II200320462004Déjà Vu2006Inland Empire2006Pan's Labyrinth2006Dogtooth2009Moon2009Oblivion2013Snowpiercer2013The Babadook2014Carol2015Phantom Thread2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017Possessor2020Atropia2025Miroirs No. 32025