Sightlines · a concept

derived milieu

the real geographical/historical milieu the originary world doubles and feeds on.

On screen: a concrete setting revealed as the surface of an originary world.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBelle de Jour1967DThe Exterminating Angel1962DGreed1924

Across the collection

Nosferatu1922Pandora's Box1929L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930Freaks1932Scarface1932King Kong1933The Scarlet Empress1934Toni1935High Sierra1941Obsession1943Shadow of a Doubt1943The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Black Narcissus1947Brighton Rock1948Drunken Angel1948Macbeth1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948Criss Cross1949The Queen of Spades1949Gun Crazy1950The Asphalt Jungle1950The Young and the Damned1950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Ace in the Hole1951Victims of Sin1951Gate of Hell1953Pickup on South Street1953The Big Heat1953The Wages of Fear1953The Big Combo1955The Man with the Golden Arm1955Forbidden Planet1956Written on the Wind1956Sweet Smell of Success1957The Incredible Shrinking Man1957Cairo Station1958Suddenly, Last Summer1959Cruel Story of Youth1960Rocco and His Brothers1960The Little Shop of Horrors1960The Virgin Spring1960One-Eyed Jacks1961Cape Fear1962Viridiana1962It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Shock Corridor1963Blood and Black Lace1964Diary of a Chambermaid1964Onibaba1964Repulsion1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966The Cremator1969Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970Tristana1970Even Dwarfs Started Small1971Get Carter1971The Beguiled1971Wake in Fright1971Deliverance1972Frenzy1972Pink Flamingos1972The Exorcist1973The Night Porter1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Stepford Wives1975Female Trouble1976In the Realm of the Senses1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976Taxi Driver1976Jabberwocky1977Suspiria1977The Wiz1978Alien1979Scum1979Tess1979The Brood1979The Tin Drum1979Woyzeck1979Pixote1980Body Heat1981Escape from New York1981Kisapmata1981Scanners1981The Postman Always Rings Twice1981White Dog1982Risky Business1983Scarface1983Under the Volcano1984Betty Blue1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Sid and Nancy1986The Fly1986Fatal Attraction1987Akira1988Drugstore Cowboy1989Godzilla vs. Biollante1989Leviathan1989Sweetie1989King of New York1990Cape Fear1991Delicatessen1991Life Is Sweet1991Bad Lieutenant1992Damage1992Jamon Jamon1992Cronos1993Menace II Society1993Little Odessa1994Once Were Warriors1994Crumb1995Kids1995Leaving Las Vegas1995The Blade1995Crash1996Deep Crimson1996Trainspotting1996Princess Mononoke1997The Eel1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998High Art1998Fight Club1999Mifune1999Rosetta1999Requiem for a Dream2000Fat Girl2001Hannibal2001Ichi the Killer2001Intacto2001L.I.E.2001Sexy Beast2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002House of 1000 Corpses2003Monster2003Save the Green Planet!2003The Cooler2003The Beat That My Heart Skipped2005The Proposition2005War of the Worlds2005Destiny2006The Host200628 Weeks Later2007Sunshine2007The Mist2007There Will Be Blood2007[REC]2007Martyrs2008Twilight2008Antichrist2009Fantastic Mr. Fox2009Thirst2009Biutiful2010The Yellow Sea2010Shame2011The Cabin in the Woods2012The Master2012Wolf Children2012Blue Is the Warmest Color2013The Conjuring2013As Above, So Below2014Guardians of the Galaxy2014Leviathan2014Under the Skin2014Wild Tales2014Asura: The City of Madness2016The Witch2016Visaranai2016Good Time2017It2017Mudbound2017Okja2017Raw2017Climax2018Isle of Dogs2018Tumbbad2018Honeyland2019It Chapter Two2019Parasite2019The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019Beasts Clawing at Straws2020Promising Young Woman2020Black Widow2021Fear Street: 19782021Fear Street: 19942021Jujutsu Kaisen 02021Mad God2021Nightmare Alley2021Babylon2022Barbarian2022Kantara2022Pearl2022Thor: Love and Thunder2022Triangle of Sadness2022Five Nights at Freddy's2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023The Iron Claw2023The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023Alien: Romulus2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024Lisa Frankenstein2024Misericordia2024Nosferatu2024The Girl with the Needle2024The Order2024The Substance202428 Years Later2025Bring Her Back2025Captain America: Brave New World2025Die My Love2025Jurassic World Rebirth2025The Ugly Stepsister2025Urchin2025"Wuthering Heights"202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026Evil Dead Burn2026Send Help2026The Drama2026