Sightlines · a concept

demark

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

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

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Birds1963DNorth by Northwest1959

Across the collection

The Last Laugh1924City Lights1931Trouble in Paradise1932The 39 Steps1935The Awful Truth1937Foreign Correspondent1940Rebecca1940The Lady Eve1941The Maltese Falcon1941Shadow of a Doubt1943Gaslight1944Spellbound1945Notorious1946The Big Sleep1946The Stranger1946Rope1948Stage Fright1950Ace in the Hole1951Strangers on a Train1951Sudden Fear1952The Big Heat1953Dial M for Murder1954Rear Window1954To Catch a Thief1955Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956The Man Who Knew Too Much195612 Angry Men1957Witness for the Prosecution1957Ashes and Diamonds1958Some Like It Hot1959The Apartment1960The Devil's Eye1960Judgment at Nuremberg1961Yojimbo1961Knife in the Water1962Le Doulos1962The Manchurian Candidate1962Charade1963High and Low1963Marnie1964Seven Days in May1964The Killers1964The Ipcress File1965Rosemary's Baby1968The Swimming Pool1969Tora! Tora! Tora!1970The Andromeda Strain1971Sleuth1972Don't Look Now1973The Sting1973The Wicker Man1973Murder on the Orient Express1974The Conversation1974Three Days of the Condor1975All the President's Men1976Carrie1976Marathon Man1976High Anxiety1977Alien1979Life of Brian1979The China Syndrome1979Dressed to Kill1980The Empire Strikes Back1980The Gods Must Be Crazy1980Absence of Malice1981Blow Out1981The Draughtsman's Contract1982The Verdict1982Blood Simple1985A Room with a View1986The Name of the Rose1986House of Games1987Shallow Grave1987Rain Man1988Edward Scissorhands1990Europa Europa1990Misery1990The Hunt for Red October1990Raise the Red Lantern1991The Silence of the Lambs1991A Few Good Men1992Basic Instinct1992Howards End1992My Cousin Vinny1992Reservoir Dogs1992In the Line of Fire1993Jurassic Park1993The Piano1993Clear and Present Danger1994Pulp Fiction1994Three Colors: Red1994Crimson Tide1995La Cérémonie1995Se7en1995Mission: Impossible1996Primal Fear1996The Arrival1996Gattaca1997Liar Liar1997Starship Troopers1997Central Station1998Godzilla1998Ring1998The Negotiator1998The Proposition1998Go1999Magnolia1999October Sky1999Best in Show2000High Fidelity2000Snatch2000Unbreakable2000A Beautiful Mind2001Bridget Jones's Diary2001Bowling for Columbine2002Hukkle2002Signs2002The Ring2002The Sum of All Fears2002Identity2003Runaway Jury2003The Cooler2003I, Robot2004The Merchant of Venice2004Babel2006Inside Man2006The Queen20063:10 to Yuma2007American Gangster2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Burn After Reading2008Funny Games2008Slumdog Millionaire2008Summer Hours2008The Dark Knight2008Inglourious Basterds2009Green Zone2010Contagion2011Headhunters2011Margin Call2011The Adjustment Bureau2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011Argo2012Django Unchained2012Jack Reacher2012Safe House2012The Hunt2012The Berlin File2013World War Z2013A Hard Day2014Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014Interstellar2014The Hateful Eight2015Creepy2016Get Out2017Molly's Game2017Murder on the Orient Express2017Phantom Thread2017A Quiet Place2018The Resistance Banker2018Avengers: Endgame2019Knives Out2019The Report2019The Invisible Man2020Nope2022The Batman2022The Menu2022The Outfit2022Conclave2024Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes2024Misericordia2024Number 242024Oddity2024September 52024The Seed of the Sacred Fig2024Woman of the Hour2024A House of Dynamite2025Black Bag2025The Secret Agent2025Disclosure Day2026