Sightlines · a concept

empreinte

the milieu stamping the character.

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

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

Across the collection

The General1926Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Stagecoach1939His Girl Friday1940How Green Was My Valley1941Casablanca1943To Have and Have Not1945My Darling Clementine1946Red River1948High Noon1952The African Queen1952From Here to Eternity1953Seven Samurai1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Searchers1956Room at the Top1958The Hidden Fortress1958Rio Bravo1959Spartacus1960The Great Escape1963In the Heat of the Night1967Shaft1971The Day of the Jackal1973Rocky1976The Long Good Friday1980Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Thief1981Aliens1986Wall Street1987The Killer1989Dances with Wolves1990Days of Thunder1990Boyz n the Hood1991The Last of the Mohicans1992The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998October Sky1999Billy Elliot2000We Were Soldiers2002The Cooler2003The Last Samurai2003Batman Begins2005Apocalypto2006Cars2006Mission: Impossible III20063:10 to Yuma2007Gone Baby Gone2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Shooter2007Ip Man2008Iron Man2008Avatar200913 Assassins2010The Man from Nowhere2010The Town2010Warrior2011Playing for Keeps2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Raid2012Elysium2013Pacific Rim2013The Attorney2013John Wick2014Whiplash2014Bridge of Spies2015Chappie2015Jurassic World2015Spotlight2015Steel Rain2017Black Panther2018Pacific Rim: Uprising2018The Resistance Banker2018Ford v Ferrari2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021Emily the Criminal2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Godzilla Minus One2023The Order2024