Sightlines · a concept

consciousness of cliches

the world experienced as ready-made images.

On screen: characters/films aware they move among clichés.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DNouvelle Vague2025

Across the collection

Bob le Flambeur1956Breathless1960Shoot the Piano Player1960Band of Outsiders1964Pierrot le Fou1965The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966Tokyo Drifter1966Bonnie and Clyde1967Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970Five Easy Pieces1970M*A*S*H1970The Long Goodbye1973Dog Day Afternoon1975Network1976The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976High Anxiety1977The American Friend1977Life of Brian1979Manhattan1979Tampopo1985Full Metal Jacket1987Withnail & I1987Unforgiven1992La Haine1995The Big Lebowski1998The Truman Show1998Dogma1999Almost Famous2000Tigerland200024 Hour Party People2002Bowling for Columbine2002Igby Goes Down2002Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Path to War2003A History of Violence2005Jarhead2005Little Miss Sunshine2006Ocean's Thirteen2007Burn After Reading2008Gomorrah2008A Most Violent Year2014Jurassic World2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Deadpool2016The Nice Guys2016Kingsman: The Golden Circle2017Logan2017The Square2017Don't Look Up2021Civil War2024Eddington2025Kontinental '252025One Battle After Another2025The Mastermind2025