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.

95 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 Laugh1924Faust1926Spies1928Frankenstein1931Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Scarface1932The Scarlet Empress1934The Grapes of Wrath1940The Maltese Falcon1941Casablanca1943Day of Wrath1943Shadow of a Doubt1943The Ox-Bow Incident1943Double Indemnity1944The Big Sleep1946The Killers1946The Stranger1946Black Narcissus1947Out of the Past1947Hamlet1948Key Largo1948Macbeth1948The Red Shoes1948The Third Man1949Night and the City1950Othello1951Strangers on a Train1951East of Eden1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Night of the Hunter195519841956Sweet Smell of Success1957The Seventh Seal1957The Magician1958Touch of Evil1958Rocco and His Brothers1960The Trial1962To Kill a Mockingbird1962Repulsion1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold1965Hour of the Wolf1968The Conformist1971The Godfather1972All the President's Men1976Heart of Glass1976Eraserhead1977Suspiria1977Apocalypse Now1979Nosferatu the Vampyre1979Raging Bull1980The Elephant Man1980The Empire Strikes Back1980Blade Runner1982Fanny and Alexander1982The Verdict1982Rumble Fish1983The Terminator1984Blood Simple1985Caravaggio1986The Name of the Rose1986Beetlejuice1988Mississippi Burning1988Henry V1989Edward Scissorhands1990Delicatessen1991Se7en1995The City of Lost Children1995Twelve Monkeys1995American History X1998Dark City1998Pi1998The Others2001Road to Perdition2002Million Dollar Baby2004The Good Shepherd2004The Merchant of Venice2004Sin City2005The Dark Knight Rises2012The Babadook2014Darkest Hour2017Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019The Lighthouse2019Nightmare Alley2021The Batman2022Alien: Romulus2024Nosferatu2024The Girl with the Needle2024Frankenstein2025Resurrection2025