Sightlines · a concept

symptom

a behavior betraying a buried originary impulse.

On screen: acts that read as symptoms of a hidden drive.

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

Across the collection

Häxan1922Nosferatu1922Greed1924L'Âge d'or1930The Blue Angel1930M1931Freaks1932Scarface1932Modern Times1936Obsession1943Shadow of a Doubt1943The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948White Heat1949Gun Crazy1950The Asphalt Jungle1950The Young and the Damned1950A Streetcar Named Desire1951Gate of Hell1953Johnny Guitar1954The Man with the Golden Arm1955The Night of the Hunter1955Written on the Wind1956Pickpocket1959Peeping Tom1960The Little Shop of Horrors1960The Exterminating Angel1962Viridiana1962Shock Corridor1963Diary of a Chambermaid1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964Onibaba1964Repulsion1965Django1966The Sword of Doom1966Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971Frenzy1972The Exorcist1973The Night Porter1974In the Realm of the Senses1976Taxi Driver1976Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977Woyzeck1979The Postman Always Rings Twice1981Scarface1983The Fly1986Fatal Attraction1987Drugstore Cowboy1989Leviathan1989Sweetie1989Cape Fear1991Life Is Sweet1991Bad Lieutenant1992Chungking Express1994Léon: The Professional1994Once Were Warriors1994Kids1995Crash1996Shine1996Nil by Mouth1997Happiness1998Hannibal2001Ichi the Killer2001The Piano Teacher2001Mango Yellow2002Monster2003The Aviator2004The Machinist2004The Squid and the Whale2005Casino Royale2006Destiny200628 Weeks Later2007There Will Be Blood2007Burn After Reading2008Antichrist2009Iron Man 22010Shame2011The Master2012The Babadook2014Asura: The City of Madness2016The Witch2016The Lighthouse2019Uncut Gems2019The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon2023The Substance2024No Other Choice2025