Sightlines · a concept

the closed set (cadre)

the artificially closed system holding everything in the image; makes it legible + visible.

On screen: emphatic, information-dense composition treated as a system.

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

Across the collection

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927Spies1928The Circus1928Dishonored1931Mädchen in Uniform1931The Scarlet Empress1934A Night at the Opera1935My Man Godfrey1936The Little Foxes1941The Tale of the Fox1941Cat People1942The Palm Beach Story1942Lifeboat1944Enamorada1946Great Expectations1946The Best Years of Our Lives1946The Lady from Shanghai1947Drunken Angel1948The Fallen Idol1948The Heiress1949The Breaking Point1950The Gunfighter1950Wagon Master1950Victims of Sin1951Ikiru1952Monsieur Hulot's Holiday1953The Big Heat1953Dial M for Murder1954All That Heaven Allows1955It's Always Fair Weather1955Rebel Without a Cause1955The Big Combo1955The Ladykillers1955Forbidden Planet1956The Killing1956The Searchers1956Paths of Glory1957Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958Mon Oncle1958A Midsummer's Night Dream1959Look Back in Anger1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Knights of the Teutonic Order1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960El Cid1961Lola1961Knife in the Water1962Long Day's Journey Into Night1962The Manchurian Candidate1962High and Low1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Jason and the Argonauts1963Seven Days in May1964Chimes at Midnight1965São Paulo, Incorporated1965The Hill1965The Ipcress File1965Come Drink with Me1966The Graduate1967Wavelength1967The Party1968The Thomas Crown Affair1968The Bird with the Crystal Plumage1970Wake in Fright1971The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant1972Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974Jabberwocky1977Halloween1978Scum1979The Marriage of Maria Braun1979The Last Metro1980Kisapmata1981Time Bandits1981The Draughtsman's Contract1982Tron1982The Big Chill1983City of Pirates1984Macross: Do You Remember Love?1984A Zed & Two Noughts1985Lost in America1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985A Room with a View1986The Last Emperor1987The Untouchables1987Hairspray1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988Nikita1990Damage1992Glengarry Glen Ross1992Howards End1992Police Story 3: Super Cop1992Cronos1993Jurassic Park1993The Age of Innocence1993The Nightmare Before Christmas1993The Remains of the Day1993Drunken Master III1994Little Odessa1994Sense and Sensibility1995Bound1996Rushmore1998American Beauty1999Songs from the Second Floor2000Unbreakable2000Yi Yi2000Amélie2001Ghost World2001In the Bedroom2001The Royal Tenenbaums2001House of Sand and Fog2003Napoleon Dynamite2004The Chorus2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004Marie Antoinette20063002007Control2007The Darjeeling Limited2007[REC]2007Fantastic Mr. Fox2009The Secret of Kells2009The Secret World of Arrietty2010Tiny Furniture2010Le Havre2011Moonrise Kingdom2012Before Midnight2013Snowpiercer2013Tangerines2013The Conjuring2013A Hard Day2014Mommy2014The Grand Budapest Hotel2014Wild Tales2014Mad Max: Fury Road2015The Assassin2015The Hateful Eight2015Graduation2016Hell or High Water2016The Other Side of Hope2017Isle of Dogs2018Beanpole2019Five Feet Apart2019Midsommar2019Parasite2019Dear Comrades!2020Dinner in America2020The Man Standing Next2020The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021Zack Snyder's Justice League2021Babylon2022The Fabelmans2022The Outfit2022The Quiet Girl2022White Noise2022Perfect Days2023Saltburn2023Soulmate2023Wonka2023Carry-On2024Heretic2024Sing Sing2024Die My Love2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025The Housemaid2025The Ugly Stepsister2025Two Prosecutors2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025The Drama2026