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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBelle de Jour1967DThe Exterminating Angel1962DGreed1924

Across the collection

Nosferatu1922L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930Freaks1932Scarface1932The Scarlet Empress1934Toni1935Obsession1943Shadow of a Doubt1943The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Black Narcissus1947Macbeth1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948Gun Crazy1950The Asphalt Jungle1950The Young and the Damned1950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Ace in the Hole1951Gate of Hell1953Pickup on South Street1953The Big Heat1953The Wages of Fear1953The Man with the Golden Arm1955Written on the Wind1956Sweet Smell of Success1957Suddenly, Last Summer1959Rocco and His Brothers1960The Little Shop of Horrors1960The Virgin Spring1960Cape Fear1962Viridiana1962Shock Corridor1963Diary of a Chambermaid1964Onibaba1964Repulsion1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970Even Dwarfs Started Small1971Get Carter1971Deliverance1972Frenzy1972The Exorcist1973The Night Porter1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Stepford Wives1975In the Realm of the Senses1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976Taxi Driver1976Suspiria1977Alien1979The Tin Drum1979Woyzeck1979Pixote1980Body Heat1981Escape from New York1981The Postman Always Rings Twice1981Scarface1983Under the Volcano1984Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986The Fly1986Fatal Attraction1987Akira1988Drugstore Cowboy1989Leviathan1989Sweetie1989King of New York1990Cape Fear1991Delicatessen1991Life Is Sweet1991Bad Lieutenant1992Jamon Jamon1992Once Were Warriors1994Kids1995Leaving Las Vegas1995Crash1996Trainspotting1996The Eel1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998Fight Club1999Mifune1999Rosetta1999Requiem for a Dream2000Hannibal2001Ichi the Killer2001Intacto2001L.I.E.2001Sexy Beast2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Monster2003The Cooler2003The Proposition2005War of the Worlds2005Destiny2006The Host200628 Weeks Later2007There Will Be Blood2007Antichrist2009Thirst2009The Yellow Sea2010Shame2011The Master2012Under the Skin2014Asura: The City of Madness2016The Witch2016Honeyland2019Parasite2019The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019Beasts Clawing at Straws2020Nightmare Alley2021Triangle of Sadness2022The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023Alien: Romulus2024Misericordia2024Nosferatu2024The Girl with the Needle2024The Order2024The Substance202428 Years Later2025Die My Love2025Urchin202528 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026