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.

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

Across the collection

The Passion of Joan of Arc1928Dishonored1931Shanghai Express1932The Philadelphia Story1940Now, Voyager1942Mildred Pierce1945Enamorada1946Black Narcissus1947Dark Passage1947Oliver Twist1948Adam's Rib1949The Heiress1949The Queen of Spades1949Diary of a Country Priest1951Le Plaisir1952Summer with Monika1953All That Heaven Allows19553:10 to Yuma1957The Magician1958A Midsummer's Night Dream1959When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960Through a Glass Darkly1961The House Is Black1963The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Le Samouraï1967Faces1968The Cremator1969Scenes from a Marriage1974The Ascent1977Autumn Sonata1978Halloween1978The Driver1978Tess1979My Dinner with Andre1981Scanners1981Come and See1985Something Wild1986Moonstruck1987Dangerous Liaisons1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Violent Cop1989Nikita1990Night on Earth1991The Silence of the Lambs1991Damage1992The Remains of the Day1993The Mask1994Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998Girl, Interrupted1999The Piano Teacher2001Morvern Callar2002Ripley's Game2002Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005The Last King of Scotland2006Twilight2008A Prophet2009Le Havre2011The Artist2011The Intouchables2011Blue Is the Warmest Color2013Evil Dead2013Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Kill the Messenger2014The Fault in Our Stars2014Anomalisa2015Alien: Covenant2017Mandy2018Summer of 852020The Power of the Dog2021Emily the Criminal2022Pearl2022Smile2022Priscilla2023Red, White & Royal Blue2023A Real Pain2024Drawing Closer2024Queer2024Sing Sing2024The Count of Monte Cristo2024The Girl with the Needle2024Bring Her Back2025Companion2025Dracula2025The Ugly Stepsister2025