Sightlines · a concept

cinema of the brain

the world as a topological brain; irrational relinkage; the death of the integrable whole.

On screen: world-as-brain architecture; probabilistic/topological structure.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

D2001: A Space Odyssey1968

Across the collection

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964Alphaville1965A Clockwork Orange1971The Andromeda Strain1971Solaris1972The Shining1980Scanners1981Tron1982A Zed & Two Noughts1985Ghost in the Shell1995Johnny Mnemonic1995Dark City1998Being John Malkovich1999Fight Club1999The Matrix1999The Matrix Reloaded2003Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004I, Robot2004Syriana2005Synecdoche, New York2008Inception2010TRON: Legacy2010Source Code2011The Adjustment Bureau2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011Post Tenebras Lux2012The Bourne Legacy2012Interstellar2014Ex Machina2015Doctor Strange2016Hereditary2018David Byrne's American Utopia2020Tenet2020Inside Out 22024Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle2025