Sightlines · a concept

affection image

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.

118 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 Nation1915The Kid1921La Roue1923Pandora's Box1929City Lights1931Dishonored1931Frankenstein1931Limite1931Shanghai Express1932Duck Soup1933Rebecca1940Now, Voyager1942Gilda1946Black Narcissus1947Odd Man Out1947They Live by Night1949A Place in the Sun1951Sudden Fear1952Summer with Monika1953Godzilla1954Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Wild Strawberries1957Mon Oncle1958The Magician1958Pickpocket1959Eyes Without a Face1960Through a Glass Darkly1961Long Day's Journey Into Night1962The Silence1963Winter Light1963A Fistful of Dollars1964Charulata1964The Gospel According to St. Matthew1965A Man and a Woman1966The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Le Samouraï1967Mouchette1967Faces1968Once Upon a Time in the West1968Klute1971The Touch1971Cries and Whispers1972Sambizanga1973A Woman Under the Influence1974Scenes from a Marriage1974Autumn Sonata1978From the Life of the Marionettes1980E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982Gandhi1982Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983The Big Chill1983Ghostbusters1984Love Streams1984Paris, Texas1984The Last Temptation of Christ1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Days of Being Wild1990Edward Scissorhands1990House Party1990Once Upon a Time in China1991The Age of Innocence1993The Remains of the Day1993Chungking Express1994Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995Sense and Sensibility1995The Blade1995Breaking the Waves1996Sling Blade1996Ratcatcher1999Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Vanilla Sky2001Infernal Affairs2002Insomnia2002Morvern Callar2002Punch-Drunk Love2002To Be and to Have2002Maria Full of Grace2004Brokeback Mountain2005D.E.B.S.2005Good Night, and Good Luck.2005King Kong2005Twilight2008A Single Man2009Drive2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011The Master2012Ida2013Anomalisa2015Carol2015Son of Saul2015Me Before You2016Moonlight2016The World of Us2016Beauty and the Beast2017Good Time2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017You Were Never Really Here2017First Man2018Alita: Battle Angel2019Five Feet Apart2019Saint Maud2020Petite Maman2021The Green Knight2021Anyone but You2023Better Man2024Drawing Closer2024Sing Sing2024Small Things Like These2024The Girl with the Needle2024Avatar: Fire and Ash2025Marty Supreme2025Pillion2025The Ice Tower2025Thunderbolts*2025Girls Like Girls2026Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026