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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DStrike1925

Across the collection

Häxan1922Metropolis1927King Kong1933A Night at the Opera1935Alexander Nevsky1938Ace in the Hole1951Victims of Sin1951Moulin Rouge1952Singin' in the Rain1952Lola Montès1955Viridiana1962The Secret Formula1965Daisies1966Tokyo Drifter1966Cool Hand Luke1967The Producers1968Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970El Topo1970A Clockwork Orange1971Pink Flamingos1972O Lucky Man!1973The Holy Mountain1973The Parallax View1974Dog Day Afternoon1975Network1976House1977Hitler: A Film from Germany1978Altered States1980Tron1982The Right Stuff1983Tampopo1985Top Gun1986The Untouchables1987Beetlejuice1988Hairspray1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988Do the Right Thing1989The Killer1989Hard Boiled1992Drunken Master III1994Natural Born Killers1994Richard III1995Starship Troopers1997The Fifth Element1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Rushmore1998Titus1999Mission: Impossible II2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000Hedwig and the Angry Inch2001Moulin Rouge!2001Bowling for Columbine2002House of 1000 Corpses2003Zatoichi2003King Kong2005Sin City20053002007Quantum of Solace200820122009Confession of Murder2012Killing Them Softly2012Pitch Perfect2012The Cabin in the Woods2012The Hunger Games2012The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013Boy & the World2014Jurassic World2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015The Big Short2015Kingsman: The Golden Circle2017Murder on the Orient Express2017The Greatest Showman2017BlacKkKlansman2018Sorry to Bother You2018Vice2018Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019Another Round2020Cruella2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021The King's Man2021Zack Snyder's Justice League2021Elvis2022Enola Holmes 22022Nope2022Thor: Love and Thunder2022White Noise2022The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024Gladiator II2024The Count of Monte Cristo2024The Fall Guy2024Citizen Vigilante2026