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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DBattleship Potemkin1925DStrike1925

Across the collection

The Birth of a Nation1915J'Accuse1919Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Metropolis1927The Crowd1928All Quiet on the Western Front1930Mädchen in Uniform1931Freaks1932It Happened One Night1934A Night at the Opera1935Triumph of the Will1935My Man Godfrey1936Orphan's Picnic1936Alexander Nevsky1938Destry Rides Again1939Foreign Correspondent1940The Grapes of Wrath194049th Parallel1941The Palm Beach Story1942The Ox-Bow Incident1943Lifeboat1944Children of Paradise1945Enamorada1946Brighton Rock1948The Naked City1948Kind Hearts and Coronets1949The Gunfighter1950Wagon Master1950Ace in the Hole1951Victims of Sin1951The War of the Worlds1953Godzilla195419841956Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Mon Oncle1958The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Knights of the Teutonic Order1960L'Eclisse1962The Exterminating Angel1962Lord of the Flies1963Blood and Black Lace1964I Am Cuba1964PlayTime1967The Red and the White1967Oliver!1968The Producers1968El Topo1970THX 11381971The Beguiled1971The Decameron1971Wake in Fright1971Roma1972State of Siege1972Amarcord1973Belladonna of Sadness1973O Lucky Man!1973Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974Lenny1974Murder on the Orient Express1974Nashville1975Jabberwocky1977Star Wars1977The Wiz1978Quadrophenia1979The Brood1979Heaven's Gate1980The Empire Strikes Back1980Born in Flames1983Koyaanisqatsi1983The Big Chill1983Macross: Do You Remember Love?1984Nineteen Eighty-Four1984Aliens1986Moonstruck1987Wall Street1987Hairspray1988House Party1990Delicatessen1991The Doors1991Farewell My Concubine1993Before the Rain1994Independence Day1996Swallowtail Butterfly1996Boogie Nights1997Princess Mononoke1997Starship Troopers1997The Last Days of Disco1998Gladiator2000Songs from the Second Floor2000Black Hawk Down200125th Hour2002Spider-Man2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003I, Robot2004The Chorus2004Lady Vengeance2005Apocalypto2006United 93200628 Weeks Later20073002007The Mist2007The Secret of Kells2009Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Beyond the Hills2012Pitch Perfect2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012Iron Man 32013World War Z2013Boy & the World2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Hard to Be a God2014Anomalisa2015Get Out2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017It2017Okja2017Raw2017The Greatest Showman2017The Square2017Climax2018Isle of Dogs2018Bacurau2019Jojo Rabbit2019Midsommar2019Us2019David Byrne's American Utopia2020Black Widow2021Fear Street: 19782021Luca2021Mad God2021A Man Called Otto2022Athena2022Babylon2022Elvis2022Kantara2022Smile2022Dream Scenario2023Scream VI2023Wonka2023Gladiator II2024Trap2024Wicked2024Avatar: Fire and Ash2025KPop Demon Hunters2025Materialists2025The Long Walk2025Zootopia 22025Minions & Monsters2026The Sheep Detectives2026