Sightlines · a concept

index of equivocity

an ambiguous gesture fitting two situations.

On screen: the same act could belong to two different situations.

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

Across the collection

City Lights1931The Awful Truth1937Bringing Up Baby1938The Maltese Falcon1941The Big Sleep1946Out of the Past1947A Place in the Sun1951Pickup on South Street1953Roman Holiday1953A Lesson in Love1954Smiles of a Summer Night1955To Catch a Thief195512 Angry Men1957Yojimbo1961In the Heat of the Night1967Bullitt1968Chinatown1974Night Moves1975Blood Simple1985Au Revoir les Enfants1987Dances with Wolves1990The Hunt for Red October1990My Cousin Vinny1992Eat Drink Man Woman1994L.A. Confidential1997Thirteen Days2000Mystic River2003Layer Cake2004The Death of Mr. Lazarescu2005Gone Baby Gone2007Burn After Reading2008Jack Reacher2012A Hard Day2014American Sniper2014Murder on the Orient Express2017The Resistance Banker2018