Sightlines · a concept

naturalism

the impulse-image *regime* (distinct from realism): an originary world doubling a real milieu.

On screen: a world of pure drives erupting beneath the social surface.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBelle de Jour1967DThe Exterminating Angel1962DGreed1924DThe Young and the Damned1950DDiary of a Chambermaid1964

Across the collection

L'Âge d'or1930Freaks1932Scarface1932Obsession1943The Postman Always Rings Twice1946Black Narcissus1947The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948White Heat1949The Asphalt Jungle1950Gate of Hell1953East of Eden1955The Man with the Golden Arm1955Written on the Wind1956Suddenly, Last Summer1959Eyes Without a Face1960The Little Shop of Horrors1960Viridiana1962Onibaba1964Repulsion1965Night of the Living Dead1968They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969Carnal Knowledge1971Even Dwarfs Started Small1971Deliverance1972Frenzy1972Last Tango in Paris1972The Holy Mountain1973The Night Porter1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Stepford Wives1975In the Realm of the Senses1976Eraserhead1977Midnight Express1978Alien1979Woyzeck1979Altered States1980Pixote1980Escape from New York1981The Postman Always Rings Twice1981Scarface1983Under the Volcano1984Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Fatal Attraction1987Akira1988Salaam Bombay!1988Leviathan1989Sweetie1989Cape Fear1991Delicatessen1991Life Is Sweet1991Bad Lieutenant1992Jamon Jamon1992Schindler's List1993Once Were Warriors1994Kids1995Crash1996Trainspotting1996Boogie Nights1997Happiness1998Hannibal2001Ichi the Killer2001L.I.E.2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Monster2003The Cooler2003Thirst2009The Yellow Sea2010Shame2011Asura: The City of Madness2016The Witch2016Hostiles2017Parasite2019The Painted Bird2019Uncut Gems2019Nightmare Alley2021Titane2021Killers of the Flower Moon2023The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023The Girl with the Needle2024The Order2024Die My Love2025Marty Supreme2025No Other Choice2025