Sightlines · a concept

entropy / degradation

the originary world's inherent tendency toward exhaustion and the death-drive.

On screen: an irreversible downward slope toward ruin/death.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Exterminating Angel1962DGreed1924DThe Young and the Damned1950

Across the collection

L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Freaks1932Scarface1932Toni1935Obsession1943The Killers1946The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Macbeth1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948Gun Crazy1950In a Lonely Place1950Night and the City1950The Asphalt Jungle1950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Ace in the Hole1951Gate of Hell1953Pickup on South Street1953The Wages of Fear1953La Strada1954The Man with the Golden Arm195519841956Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Written on the Wind1956Sweet Smell of Success1957Suddenly, Last Summer1959Eyes Without a Face1960Peeping Tom1960Rocco and His Brothers1960Cape Fear1962Long Day's Journey Into Night1962Viridiana1962The Servant1963Diary of a Chambermaid1964Onibaba1964The Night of the Iguana1964Repulsion1965The Hill1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966Weekend1967Army of Shadows1969Midnight Cowboy1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970El Topo1970Le Cercle Rouge1970Carnal Knowledge1971Even Dwarfs Started Small1971Get Carter1971Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972Deliverance1972The Godfather1972The Night Porter1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Stepford Wives1975Carrie1976In the Realm of the Senses1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976Taxi Driver1976The Man Who Fell to Earth1976Midnight Express1978The Tin Drum1979Woyzeck1979Altered States1980From the Life of the Marionettes1980Pixote1980Raging Bull1980Body Heat1981Das Boot1981The Outsiders1983Under the Volcano1984Blue Velvet1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Platoon1986The Fly1986City on Fire1987Fatal Attraction1987Full Metal Jacket1987Withnail & I1987Salaam Bombay!1988Do the Right Thing1989Drugstore Cowboy1989Sweetie1989GoodFellas1990King of New York1990Cape Fear1991Delicatessen1991The Doors1991Bad Lieutenant1992Once Were Warriors1994Kids1995Leaving Las Vegas1995The City of Lost Children1995Crash1996Pusher1996Cure1997Gummo1997Happiness1998Rosetta1999Titus1999Ichi the Killer2001Intacto2001Sexy Beast2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Monster2003The Cooler2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003Brothers2004Munich2005War of the Worlds2005Destiny2006No Country for Old Men2007There Will Be Blood2007Gomorrah2008The Hurt Locker2008Antichrist2009Thirst2009I Saw the Devil2010Outrage2010The American2010The Yellow Sea2010Drive2011Shame2011The Master2012Only God Forgives2013Prisoners2013The Wolf of Wall Street2013A Hard Day2014Far from the Madding Crowd2015Sicario2015Asura: The City of Madness2016The Neon Demon2016The Witch2016Logan2017Annihilation2018First Reformed2018Dark Waters2019Honeyland2019Parasite2019The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019Beasts Clawing at Straws2020Nightmare Alley2021All Quiet on the Western Front2022Killers of the Flower Moon2023The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023Alien: Romulus2024Nosferatu2024The Girl with the Needle2024The Order2024The Substance202428 Years Later2025Die My Love2025Magellan2025Sirāt2025The Smashing Machine2025Urchin202528 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026