Sightlines · a concept

out of field relative

offscreen space continuous with a larger set.

On screen: the frame opens onto an implied adjacent space.

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


Across the collection

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate1923Hell's Angels1930Trouble in Paradise1932King Kong1933A Night at the Opera1935My Man Godfrey1936The Adventures of Robin Hood1938The Lady Vanishes1938Cat People1942Heaven Can Wait1943Gaslight1944Great Expectations1946Oliver Twist1948Rope1948The Fallen Idol1948Criss Cross1949Winchester '731950Monsieur Hulot's Holiday1953All That Heaven Allows1955The Ladykillers1955Night of the Demon1957Mon Oncle1958PlayTime1967The Red and the White1967Titicut Follies1967Oliver!1968The Party1968Sisters1973Jabberwocky1977Star Wars1977Scum1979The Last Metro1980Kisapmata1981E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982The Big Chill1983Macross: Do You Remember Love?1984Blood Simple1985My Beautiful Laundrette1985Silverado1985The Color Purple1985A Room with a View1986Jurassic Park1993Moving1993Bound1996The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Godzilla1998High Art1998Love & Basketball20004 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days2007[REC]2007Polytechnique2009The Secret World of Arrietty2010Beyond the Hills2012Tangerines2013The Berlin File2013The Conjuring2013As Above, So Below2014Creep2014The Way He Looks2014Two Days, One Night2014The World of Us2016Visaranai2016It2017Marona's Fantastic Tale2020The Outpost2020A Quiet Place Part II2021Boiling Point2021Fear Street: 19782021Luca2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021The Quiet Girl2022Five Nights at Freddy's2023Scream VI2023To Catch a Killer2023Sing Sing2024Bring Her Back2025F12025Jurassic World Rebirth2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025The Housemaid2025Blue Heron2026