Sightlines · a concept

dividual

affect as neither divisible nor indivisible; the collective/massed face, or an icon split across faces, expressing one quality common to several things.

On screen: a crowd or collective rendered as a single affective unit.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DStrike1925

Across the collection

The Birth of a Nation1915Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Metropolis1927All Quiet on the Western Front1930Freaks1932It Happened One Night1934Triumph of the Will1935Alexander Nevsky1938Foreign Correspondent1940The Grapes of Wrath1940The Ox-Bow Incident1943Children of Paradise1945The Naked City1948Ace in the Hole195119841956Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959L'Eclisse1962The Exterminating Angel1962I Am Cuba1964PlayTime1967Oliver!1968El Topo1970THX 11381971State of Siege1972Amarcord1973O Lucky Man!1973Murder on the Orient Express1974Nashville1975Star Wars1977Heaven's Gate1980The Empire Strikes Back1980Koyaanisqatsi1983Aliens1986Wall Street1987Delicatessen1991The Doors1991Independence Day1996Boogie Nights1997Starship Troopers1997Gladiator2000Songs from the Second Floor2000Black Hawk Down200125th Hour2002The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003I, Robot2004Lady Vengeance2005Apocalypto2006United 93200628 Weeks Later20073002007The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012World War Z2013Get Out2017The Square2017Jojo Rabbit2019Midsommar2019Us2019Athena2022Dream Scenario2023