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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Exterminating Angel1962DGreed1924DThe Young and the Damned1950

Across the collection

La Roue1923Pandora's Box1929L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Freaks1932Scarface1932King Kong1933Toni1935High Sierra1941Cat People1942Obsession1943Detour1945The Killers1946The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Odd Man Out1947Brighton Rock1948Drunken Angel1948Macbeth1948The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948Criss Cross1949The Queen of Spades1949Gun Crazy1950In a Lonely Place1950Night and the City1950The Asphalt Jungle1950The Breaking Point1950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Ace in the Hole1951Victims of Sin1951Gate of Hell1953Pickup on South Street1953Summer with Monika1953The Naked Spur1953The Wages of Fear1953Godzilla1954La Strada1954Kiss Me Deadly1955The Man with the Golden Arm195519841956Forbidden Planet1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Written on the Wind1956Sweet Smell of Success1957The Incredible Shrinking Man1957Cairo Station1958Suddenly, Last Summer1959Cruel Story of Youth1960Eyes Without a Face1960Peeping Tom1960Rocco and His Brothers1960Cape Fear1962Long Day's Journey Into Night1962Viridiana1962It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963Lord of the Flies1963The Servant1963Blood and Black Lace1964Diary of a Chambermaid1964Onibaba1964The Night of the Iguana1964Repulsion1965The Flight of the Phoenix1965The Hill1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966Weekend1967The Swimmer1968Army of Shadows1969Midnight Cowboy1969The Cremator1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970El Topo1970Le Cercle Rouge1970Tristana1970Carnal Knowledge1971Even Dwarfs Started Small1971Get Carter1971The Beguiled1971Wake in Fright1971Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972Deliverance1972Pink Flamingos1972The Godfather1972The Night Porter1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Stepford Wives1975Carrie1976Female Trouble1976In the Realm of the Senses1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976Taxi Driver1976The Man Who Fell to Earth1976The Ascent1977Midnight Express1978Quadrophenia1979Scum1979Tess1979The Brood1979The Man Who Stole the Sun1979The Tin Drum1979Woyzeck1979Altered States1980From the Life of the Marionettes1980Pixote1980Raging Bull1980Body Heat1981Das Boot1981Kisapmata1981Modern Romance1981White Dog1982The Outsiders1983The Element of Crime1984Under the Volcano1984Lost in America1985Vagabond1985Betty Blue1986Blue Velvet1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling1986Platoon1986Sid and Nancy1986The Fly1986City on Fire1987Fatal Attraction1987Full Metal Jacket1987La Bamba1987Withnail & I1987Salaam Bombay!1988Do the Right Thing1989Drugstore Cowboy1989Sweetie1989American Dream1990GoodFellas1990King of New York1990Cape Fear1991Delicatessen1991The Doors1991Bad Lieutenant1992Damage1992One False Move1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992Cronos1993Menace II Society1993Little Odessa1994Once Were Warriors1994Shallow Grave1994The Mask1994A Borrowed Life1995Crumb1995Kids1995Leaving Las Vegas1995The Blade1995The City of Lost Children1995Crash1996Deep Crimson1996Pusher1996Cure1997Gummo1997Princess Mononoke1997Bullet Ballet1998Happiness1998High Art1998Rosetta1999Titus1999Fat Girl2001Ichi the Killer2001Intacto2001Sexy Beast2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002House of 1000 Corpses2003Monster2003Save the Green Planet!2003The Cooler2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003Brothers2004Munich2005Saw II2005The Beat That My Heart Skipped2005The Wayward Cloud2005War of the Worlds2005Destiny2006No Country for Old Men2007Sunshine2007The Mist2007There Will Be Blood2007[REC]2007Gomorrah2008Martyrs2008The Hurt Locker2008Antichrist2009Fantastic Mr. Fox2009Thirst2009Biutiful2010I Saw the Devil2010Outrage2010The American2010The Yellow Sea2010Drive2011Shame2011Sinister2012The Cabin in the Woods2012The Master2012Blue Is the Warmest Color2013Evil Dead2013Only God Forgives2013Prisoners2013The Conjuring2013The Wolf of Wall Street2013A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014A Hard Day2014As Above, So Below2014Hard to Be a God2014Leviathan2014Wild Tales2014Far from the Madding Crowd2015Sicario2015Asura: The City of Madness2016The Neon Demon2016The Witch2016Visaranai2016Good Time2017Logan2017Okja2017Raw2017The Shape of Water2017War for the Planet of the Apes2017Zama2017A Star Is Born2018Annihilation2018Climax2018First Reformed2018Isle of Dogs2018Tumbbad2018Dark Waters2019Honeyland2019It Chapter Two2019Parasite2019The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019All the Bright Places2020Another Round2020Beasts Clawing at Straws2020Dinner in America2020Promising Young Woman2020Fear Street: 19782021Fear Street: 19942021Mad God2021Nightmare Alley2021All Quiet on the Western Front2022Babylon2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022Elvis2022Pearl2022Smile2022Killers of the Flower Moon2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023The Iron Claw2023The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023Alien: Romulus2024Lisa Frankenstein2024Nosferatu2024The Girl with the Needle2024The Order2024The Substance202428 Years Later2025Bring Her Back2025Captain America: Brave New World2025Die My Love2025Final Destination Bloodlines2025Magellan2025Sirāt2025The Long Walk2025The Smashing Machine2025The Ugly Stepsister2025Urchin2025"Wuthering Heights"202628 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026Evil Dead Burn2026Send Help2026Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026The Death of Robin Hood2026The Drama2026