Sightlines · a concept

attraction image

*1st reflection* — composition signs `plastic-figure` + `theatrical-figure`, genetic sign `mise-en-abyme`.

On screen: the "montage of attractions"; staging that figures rather than acts.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DStrike1925

Across the collection

Häxan1922Metropolis1927Alexander Nevsky1938Ace in the Hole1951Moulin Rouge1952Lola Montès1955Viridiana1962Tokyo Drifter1966Cool Hand Luke1967Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970El Topo1970A Clockwork Orange1971O Lucky Man!1973The Holy Mountain1973The Parallax View1974Dog Day Afternoon1975Network1976Altered States1980Tron1982The Right Stuff1983Tampopo1985Top Gun1986The Untouchables1987Beetlejuice1988Do the Right Thing1989The Killer1989Hard Boiled1992Natural Born Killers1994Richard III1995Starship Troopers1997The Fifth Element1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Rushmore1998Titus1999Mission: Impossible II2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000Bowling for Columbine2002Zatoichi2003King Kong2005Sin City20053002007Quantum of Solace200820122009Confession of Murder2012Killing Them Softly2012The Hunger Games2012The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013Jurassic World2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015The Big Short2015Kingsman: The Golden Circle2017Murder on the Orient Express2017BlacKkKlansman2018Sorry to Bother You2018Vice2018Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019The King's Man2021Zack Snyder's Justice League2021Nope2022