Sightlines · a concept

expressionism

light defined by its struggle with *darkness/shadow*; the non-organic life of things.

On screen: shadow-gradient, chiaroscuro, things charged with non-organic life.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DMetropolis1927DNosferatu1922

Across the collection

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920The Phantom Carriage1921Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Häxan1922The Last Laugh1924Faust1926Spies1928Frankenstein1931Mädchen in Uniform1931Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Scarface1932The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933The Scarlet Empress1934Captain Blood1935The Lady Vanishes1938The Grapes of Wrath1940The Thief of Bagdad1940The Maltese Falcon1941The Tale of the Fox1941Cat People1942Casablanca1943Day of Wrath1943Shadow of a Doubt1943The Ox-Bow Incident1943Double Indemnity1944Detour1945I Know Where I'm Going!1945Beauty and the Beast1946Great Expectations1946It's a Wonderful Life1946The Big Sleep1946The Killers1946The Stranger1946Black Narcissus1947Odd Man Out1947Out of the Past1947Brighton Rock1948Hamlet1948Key Largo1948Macbeth1948Oliver Twist1948The Red Shoes1948Criss Cross1949The Queen of Spades1949The Third Man1949Night and the City1950Othello1951Strangers on a Train1951Victims of Sin1951Godzilla1954East of Eden1955Kiss Me Deadly1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Big Combo1955The Night of the Hunter195519841956Forbidden Planet1956Night of the Demon1957Pyaasa1957Sweet Smell of Success1957The Seventh Seal1957Cairo Station1958The Magician1958Touch of Evil1958A Midsummer's Night Dream1959Rocco and His Brothers1960The Cloud-Capped Star1960The Trial1962To Kill a Mockingbird1962Jason and the Argonauts1963Repulsion1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965Hour of the Wolf1968The Cremator1969The Conformist1971The Godfather1972All the President's Men1976Heart of Glass1976Eraserhead1977House1977Suspiria1977The Wiz1978Apocalypse Now1979Nosferatu the Vampyre1979Raging Bull1980The Elephant Man1980The Empire Strikes Back1980Blade Runner1982Fanny and Alexander1982The Verdict1982Rumble Fish1983The Element of Crime1984The Terminator1984Blood Simple1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985Caravaggio1986The Name of the Rose1986Beetlejuice1988Mississippi Burning1988Henry V1989Edward Scissorhands1990Delicatessen1991Bram Stoker's Dracula1992Cronos1993Menace II Society1993The Nightmare Before Christmas1993Se7en1995The City of Lost Children1995Twelve Monkeys1995Swallowtail Butterfly1996American History X1998Bullet Ballet1998Dark City1998Pi1998The Others2001Road to Perdition2002Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003Million Dollar Baby2004The Good Shepherd2004The Merchant of Venice2004Sin City2005The Secret of Kells2009The Artist2011The Dark Knight Rises2012Stoker2013The Conjuring2013The Amazing Spider-Man 22014The Babadook2014Kubo and the Two Strings2016Darkest Hour2017Tumbbad2018Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019The Lighthouse2019Jujutsu Kaisen 02021Mad God2021Nightmare Alley2021Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022Moonage Daydream2022The Batman2022Five Nights at Freddy's2023Alien: Romulus2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024Nosferatu2024The Count of Monte Cristo2024The Girl with the Needle2024Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle2025Dracula2025Frankenstein2025Resurrection2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025Thunderbolts*2025