Sightlines · a concept

attitudes & postures

the body, no longer an instrument of action, makes time appear (tiredness, waiting, ceremony).

On screen: the everyday or ceremonial body carrying duration.

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

Across the collection

Nanook of the North1922Frankenstein1931Toni1935The Best Years of Our Lives1946Late Spring1949Diary of a Country Priest1951Europa '511952Umberto D.1952Tokyo Story1953Marty1955Pather Panchali1955Rebel Without a Cause1955A Man Escaped1956Pickpocket1959Breathless1960Eyes Without a Face1960Primary1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960Shadows1960The Virgin Spring1960A Taste of Honey1961Yojimbo1961Harakiri1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962The Pink Panther1963A Hard Day's Night1964Band of Outsiders1964Gertrud1964The Night of the Iguana1964Woman in the Dunes1964Andrei Rublev1966Au Hasard Balthazar1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966Le Samouraï1967Bullitt1968Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968Faces1968The Party1968Army of Shadows1969Midnight Cowboy1969Satyricon1969The Color of Pomegranates1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969Husbands1970Kes1970Le Cercle Rouge1970Wanda1970Carnal Knowledge1971Land of Silence and Darkness1971Cries and Whispers1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant1972Mean Streets1973A Woman Under the Influence1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974Barry Lyndon1975The Travelling Players1975Grey Gardens1976Heart of Glass1976In the Realm of the Senses1976Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles1976The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976Opening Night1977Stroszek1977The Last Waltz1978Kramer vs. Kramer1979The Marriage of Maria Braun1979Woyzeck1979Gloria1980Heaven's Gate1980Das Boot1981Possession1981Thief1981Gandhi1982Educating Rita1983L'Argent1983Nostalgia1983Silkwood1983Videodrome1983Under the Volcano1984My Life as a Dog1985Police Story1985Ran1985The Breakfast Club1985Platoon1986Chocolat1988Rain Man1988The Last Temptation of Christ1988The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988Born on the Fourth of July1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989Life Is Sweet1991Like Water for Chocolate1992Dazed and Confused1993Sonatine1993The Piano1993The Remains of the Day1993The Shawshank Redemption1994Safe1995Sense and Sensibility1995Breaking the Waves1996Crash1996Kolya1996La Promesse1996Secrets & Lies1996Shine1996Sling Blade1996The Portrait of a Lady1996Absolute Power1997Donnie Brasco1997Good Will Hunting1997Happy Together1997Liar Liar1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly1997Nil by Mouth1997The Eel1997The Full Monty1997Buffalo '661998Meet Joe Black1998The Idiots1998Boys Don't Cry1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai1999Humanité1999Julien Donkey-Boy1999Kikujiro1999Mifune1999Rosetta1999American Psycho2000Beau Travail2000Billy Elliot2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Songs from the Second Floor2000Elling2001In the Bedroom2001The Piano Teacher2001Werckmeister Harmonies2001Gerry2002Mango Yellow2002Rabbit-Proof Fence2002Talk to Her2002The Bourne Identity2002The Pianist2002Bright Future2003Carandiru2003Elephant2003Laurel Canyon2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003PTU2003Path to War2003Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring2003The Station Agent2003Touching the Void2003Maria Full of Grace2004Napoleon Dynamite2004The Hidden Blade2004Vera Drake2004The Child2005The Death of Mr. Lazarescu2005Children of Men2006Destiny2006Little Miss Sunshine20064 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days2007Silent Light2007Hunger2008Summer Hours2008The Wrestler2008Fish Tank2009Thirst2009Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2010Drive2011Oslo, August 31st2011Shame2011The Turin Horse2011Warrior2011Amour2012The Master2012The Raid2012Lone Survivor2013A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014American Sniper2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014Force Majeure2014John Wick2014Under the Skin2014Creed2015The Assassin2015The Revenant2015After the Storm2016Anthropoid2016Hacksaw Ridge2016Moonlight2016The Nice Guys2016Toni Erdmann2016Atomic Blonde2017Baby Driver2017Get Out2017Logan2017Wind River2017First Man2018Beanpole2019The Irishman2019Boiling Point2021Escape from Mogadishu2021Licorice Pizza2021Nobody2021Petrov's Flu2021Titane2021All Quiet on the Western Front2022Nope2022Triangle of Sadness2022Poor Things2023Society of the Snow2023Anora2024Rebel Ridge2024Small Things Like These202428 Years Later2025Afternoons of Solitude2025Cactus Pears2025Die My Love2025Hamnet2025Magellan2025Peter Hujar's Day2025Pillion2025Sorry, Baby2025Sound of Falling2025The Little Sister2025The Love That Remains2025The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo2025The Smashing Machine2025The Testament of Ann Lee2025Train Dreams2025Warfare2025Young Mothers2025Silent Friend2026