Sightlines · a concept

reflexive vs intensive face

the two poles of the close-up (quality vs power).

On screen: a contour/reflecting face vs a feature/intensive one.

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

Across the collection

The Passion of Joan of Arc1928Dishonored1931Shanghai Express1932The Philadelphia Story1940Now, Voyager1942Mildred Pierce1945Black Narcissus1947Dark Passage1947Adam's Rib1949Diary of a Country Priest1951Le Plaisir1952All That Heaven Allows19553:10 to Yuma1957The Magician1958Through a Glass Darkly1961The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Le Samouraï1967Faces1968Scenes from a Marriage1974Autumn Sonata1978Halloween1978The Driver1978Come and See1985Dangerous Liaisons1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Violent Cop1989Nikita1990The Silence of the Lambs1991The Remains of the Day1993Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998The Piano Teacher2001Morvern Callar2002Ripley's Game2002The Last King of Scotland2006A Prophet2009Kill the Messenger2014Alien: Covenant2017The Power of the Dog2021Emily the Criminal2022The Girl with the Needle2024