Sightlines · a concept

empreinte

the milieu stamping the character.

On screen: the bond by which situation and character imprint each other.

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

Across the collection

The General1926Mädchen in Uniform1931Captain Blood1935Holiday1938Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Only Angels Have Wings1939Stagecoach1939His Girl Friday194049th Parallel1941High Sierra1941How Green Was My Valley1941Casablanca1943To Have and Have Not1945Enamorada1946My Darling Clementine1946Red River1948The Heiress1949The Breaking Point1950Wagon Master1950Victims of Sin1951High Noon1952The African Queen1952From Here to Eternity1953The Naked Spur1953Seven Samurai1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Searchers1956Rio, Northern Zone1957Room at the Top1958The Hidden Fortress1958Rio Bravo1959Knights of the Teutonic Order1960Spartacus1960El Cid1961The Great Escape1963The Flight of the Phoenix1965In the Heat of the Night1967Shaft1971The Day of the Jackal1973Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974Rocky1976The 36th Chamber of Shaolin1978Scum1979The Long Good Friday1980Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Thief1981Tootsie1982Silverado1985Aliens1986Wall Street1987The Killer1989Dances with Wolves1990Days of Thunder1990Boyz n the Hood1991The Last of the Mohicans1992The Nightmare Before Christmas1993The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995The Blade1995The Rock1996A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998October Sky1999Billy Elliot2000Love & Basketball2000Spider-Man2002We Were Soldiers2002The Cooler2003The Last Samurai2003Batman Begins2005Apocalypto2006Cars2006Mission: Impossible III20063:10 to Yuma2007Gone Baby Gone2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Shooter2007Ip Man2008Iron Man2008Avatar200913 Assassins2010The Man from Nowhere2010The Town2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Real Steel2011The Artist2011Warrior2011Pitch Perfect2012Playing for Keeps2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Raid2012Elysium2013Pacific Rim2013The Attorney2013Divergent2014John Wick2014Whiplash2014Bridge of Spies2015Chappie2015Jurassic World2015Spotlight2015Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016Beauty and the Beast2017Steel Rain2017Black Panther2018Pacific Rim: Uprising2018The Resistance Banker2018Ford v Ferrari2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021Emily the Criminal2022Entergalactic2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Godzilla Minus One2023Red, White & Royal Blue2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Flow2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024The Count of Monte Cristo2024The Order2024Avatar: Fire and Ash2025F12025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025Michael2026The Furious2026