Sightlines · a concept
lyrical abstraction
light defined by its struggle with *white/the void* (not shadow).
On screen: white/luminous fields, alternation of light and white, the spiritual alternative.
19 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary
Deleuze’s own examples
Across the collection
Faust1926
Dishonored1931
Vampyr1932
White Heat1949
2001: A Space Odyssey1968
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977
Babette's Feast1987
Wings of Desire1987
Born on the Fourth of July1989
Ratcatcher1999
The Man Who Wasn't There2001
Insomnia2002
The Matrix Revolutions2003
The New World2005
The Zone of Interest2023
Frankenstein2025
Disclosure Day2026