Sightlines · a concept

index of lack

action pointing to a withheld situation.

On screen: an elliptical gesture implying an unseen situation.

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

Across the collection

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate1923All Quiet on the Western Front1930M1931The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933It Happened One Night1934Destry Rides Again193949th Parallel1941The Palm Beach Story1942To Be or Not to Be1942Heaven Can Wait1943Brighton Rock1948Oliver Twist1948They Live by Night1949Winchester '731950Othello1951The Naked Spur1953The War of the Worlds1953The Big Combo1955When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960Seven Days in May1964Z1969Get Carter1971The French Connection1971All the President's Men1976The Last Metro1980Gorky Park1983Local Hero1983Ghostbusters1984My Beautiful Laundrette1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985Mona Lisa1986Crossing Delancey1988My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989Damage1992Glengarry Glen Ross1992Reservoir Dogs1992Cronos1993The Fugitive1993Little Odessa1994Bound1996The Arrival1996Chasing Amy1997Hard Eight1997Ronin1998Kikujiro1999The Limey1999Love & Basketball2000You Can Count on Me2000Zatoichi2003Saving Face2004The Bourne Supremacy2004The Good Shepherd2004The Child2005Prince of Broadway2010Le Havre2011The Kid with a Bike2011Spotlight2015Anthropoid2016The Other Side of Hope2017Jojo Rabbit2019Enola Holmes2020Bullet Train2022The Batman2022The Black Phone2022Carry-On2024September 52024Trap2024Father Mother Sister Brother2025Sirāt2025People We Meet on Vacation2026Project Hail Mary2026