Sightlines · a concept

demark

a term torn from its series; "out of place."

On screen: an anomaly that disrupts habit and forces interpretation.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Birds1963DNorth by Northwest1959

Across the collection

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate1923The Last Laugh1924City Lights1931Trouble in Paradise1932Duck Soup1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933A Night at the Opera1935The 39 Steps1935The Awful Truth1937The Lady Vanishes1938Destry Rides Again1939Foreign Correspondent1940Rebecca194049th Parallel1941The Lady Eve1941The Maltese Falcon1941Cat People1942The Palm Beach Story1942Shadow of a Doubt1943Gaslight1944Lifeboat1944Dead of Night1945Spellbound1945Enamorada1946Notorious1946The Big Sleep1946The Stranger1946Rope1948The Fallen Idol1948The Heiress1949The Queen of Spades1949Stage Fright1950Winchester '731950Ace in the Hole1951Strangers on a Train1951Sudden Fear1952The Big Heat1953Dial M for Murder1954Rear Window1954Kiss Me Deadly1955The Big Combo1955To Catch a Thief1955Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956The Man Who Knew Too Much195612 Angry Men1957Night of the Demon1957Witness for the Prosecution1957Ashes and Diamonds1958Some Like It Hot1959The Apartment1960The Devil's Eye1960Judgment at Nuremberg1961The Innocents1961Yojimbo1961Knife in the Water1962Le Doulos1962The Manchurian Candidate1962Charade1963High and Low1963Marnie1964Seven Days in May1964The Killers1964The Flight of the Phoenix1965The Ipcress File1965The Secret Formula1965Rosemary's Baby1968Stolen Kisses1968The Producers1968Invasion1969The Swimming Pool1969Tora! Tora! Tora!1970Tristana1970The Andromeda Strain1971Sleuth1972Don't Look Now1973Sisters1973The Sting1973The Wicker Man1973Murder on the Orient Express1974The Conversation1974The Phantom of Liberty1974Shampoo1975Three Days of the Condor1975All the President's Men1976Carrie1976Marathon Man1976High Anxiety1977Alien1979Life of Brian1979Quadrophenia1979The Brood1979The China Syndrome1979Dressed to Kill1980The Empire Strikes Back1980The Gods Must Be Crazy1980Absence of Malice1981Blow Out1981The Draughtsman's Contract1982The Verdict1982After Hours1985Blood Simple1985Silverado1985A Room with a View1986Something Wild1986The Name of the Rose1986House of Games1987Shallow Grave1987Bull Durham1988Rain Man1988Edward Scissorhands1990Europa Europa1990Misery1990The Hunt for Red October1990Raise the Red Lantern1991The Silence of the Lambs1991A Few Good Men1992Basic Instinct1992Howards End1992My Cousin Vinny1992One False Move1992Reservoir Dogs1992The Crying Game1992In the Line of Fire1993Jurassic Park1993The Piano1993Before the Rain1994Clear and Present Danger1994Pulp Fiction1994Three Colors: Red1994Crimson Tide1995La Cérémonie1995Se7en1995Bound1996Mission: Impossible1996Primal Fear1996The Arrival1996Gattaca1997Liar Liar1997Starship Troopers1997Central Station1998Godzilla1998Ring1998The Negotiator1998The Proposition1998Go1999Magnolia1999October Sky1999Best in Show2000Final Destination2000High Fidelity2000Love & Basketball2000Snatch2000Unbreakable2000A Beautiful Mind2001Bridget Jones's Diary2001Ghost World2001Bowling for Columbine2002Hukkle2002Signs2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002The Ring2002The Sum of All Fears2002Identity2003Runaway Jury2003The Cooler2003I, Robot2004Saving Face2004The Merchant of Venice2004D.E.B.S.2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005Babel2006Inside Man2006The Queen20063:10 to Yuma2007American Gangster2007Control2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Sunshine2007The Mist2007Burn After Reading2008Funny Games2008Slumdog Millionaire2008Summer Hours2008The Dark Knight2008Inglourious Basterds2009Green Zone2010Contagion2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Headhunters2011Le Havre2011Margin Call2011Scream 42011The Adjustment Bureau2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011Argo2012Django Unchained2012Jack Reacher2012Safe House2012Sinister2012The Cabin in the Woods2012The Hunt2012Enemy2013Iron Man 32013Stoker2013The Berlin File2013World War Z2013A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014A Hard Day2014As Above, So Below2014Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014Divergent2014From What Is Before2014Guardians of the Galaxy2014Interstellar2014The Amazing Spider-Man 22014The Fault in Our Stars2014The Hateful Eight2015Creepy2016The World of Us2016Before I Fall2017Get Out2017It2017Molly's Game2017Murder on the Orient Express2017Phantom Thread2017The Lego Batman Movie2017A Quiet Place2018The Resistance Banker2018To All the Boys I've Loved Before2018Tumbbad2018Avengers: Endgame2019Bacurau2019Knives Out2019Spider-Man: Far From Home2019The Report2019Dinner in America2020Enola Holmes2020Promising Young Woman2020The Invisible Man2020Fear Street: 19782021Fear Street: 19942021Luca2021A Man Called Otto2022Bullet Train2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022Don't Worry Darling2022Enola Holmes 22022Incantation2022Nope2022Smile2022Suzume2022The Batman2022The Black Phone2022The Menu2022The Outfit2022The Quiet Girl2022Scream VI2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Carry-On2024Conclave2024Gladiator II2024Heretic2024Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes2024Late Night with the Devil2024Misericordia2024Number 242024Oddity2024September 52024The Seed of the Sacred Fig2024Transformers One2024Trap2024Wicked2024Woman of the Hour2024A House of Dynamite2025Black Bag2025Companion2025Final Destination Bloodlines2025Jurassic World Rebirth2025Materialists2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025The Secret Agent2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025Wicked: For Good2025Zootopia 22025Disclosure Day2026Obsession2026People We Meet on Vacation2026Remarkably Bright Creatures2026Send Help2026The Devil Wears Prada 22026The Sheep Detectives2026