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.

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

Across the collection

Grand Illusion1937The Rules of the Game1939The Lady from Shanghai1947Le Plaisir1952Lola1961Cléo from 5 to 719628½1963Take It All1963Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966Stolen Kisses1968if....1968Gimme Shelter1970Last Tango in Paris1972Enter the Dragon1973Céline and Julie Go Boating1974The Last Wave1977The Last Metro1980The French Lieutenant's Woman1981Choose Me1984Paris, Texas1984My Beautiful Laundrette1985Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling1986Dead Ringers1988sex, lies, and videotape1989My Own Private Idaho1991Prospero's Books1991Three Colors: Red1994Strange Days1995Hamlet1996Irma Vep1996Happy Together1997Open Your Eyes1997The Game1997Dark City1998The Truman Show1998Topsy-Turvy1999Moulin Rouge!2001The Others2001Vanilla Sky2001Far from Heaven2002Ripley's Game2002Good Bye, Lenin!2003Infernal Affairs II200320462004Déjà Vu2006Inland Empire2006Marie Antoinette2006Pan's Labyrinth2006(500) Days of Summer2009Dogtooth2009Moon2009TRON: Legacy2010House of Pleasures2011The Artist2011Like Someone in Love2012Oblivion2013Snowpiercer2013Clouds of Sils Maria2014Phoenix2014The Babadook2014The Fault in Our Stars2014When Marnie Was There2014Carol2015Before I Fall2017Phantom Thread2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017Possessor2020tick, tick... BOOM!2021Don't Worry Darling2022The Fabelmans2022Barbie2023Priscilla2023Soulmate2023I Saw the TV Glow2024Sing Sing2024Atropia2025Companion2025Miroirs No. 32025Sore: A Wife from the Future2025The Devil Wears Prada 22026