Sightlines · a concept

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feeling held in the interval, before action; home is the close-up/face.

On screen: the close-up; a feeling registered but not yet discharged into action.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DPersona1966DThe Passion of Joan of Arc1928

Across the collection

The Birth of a Nation1915City Lights1931Dishonored1931Frankenstein1931Shanghai Express1932Rebecca1940Now, Voyager1942Gilda1946Black Narcissus1947A Place in the Sun1951Sudden Fear1952Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Wild Strawberries1957The Magician1958Pickpocket1959Eyes Without a Face1960Through a Glass Darkly1961Long Day's Journey Into Night1962The Silence1963Winter Light1963A Fistful of Dollars1964The Gospel According to St. Matthew1965The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Le Samouraï1967Mouchette1967Faces1968Once Upon a Time in the West1968Klute1971The Touch1971Cries and Whispers1972A Woman Under the Influence1974Scenes from a Marriage1974Autumn Sonata1978From the Life of the Marionettes1980E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982Gandhi1982Paris, Texas1984The Last Temptation of Christ1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Days of Being Wild1990Edward Scissorhands1990Once Upon a Time in China1991The Age of Innocence1993The Remains of the Day1993Chungking Express1994Sense and Sensibility1995Breaking the Waves1996Sling Blade1996Ratcatcher1999Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Vanilla Sky2001Infernal Affairs2002Insomnia2002Morvern Callar2002Punch-Drunk Love2002To Be and to Have2002Maria Full of Grace2004Brokeback Mountain2005Good Night, and Good Luck.2005King Kong2005Drive2011The Master2012Ida2013Carol2015Son of Saul2015Moonlight2016You Were Never Really Here2017First Man2018Alita: Battle Angel2019Saint Maud2020The Green Knight2021Small Things Like These2024The Girl with the Needle2024Marty Supreme2025Pillion2025The Ice Tower2025