Sightlines · a concept

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a term in its habitual relational series.

On screen: an object meaningful by its customary chain ("when you see X, expect Y").

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Birds1963DNorth by Northwest1959

Across the collection

The Last Laugh1924Spies1928City Lights1931M1931Scarface1932Trouble in Paradise1932The 39 Steps1935The Awful Truth1937The Wizard of Oz1939Foreign Correspondent1940The Maltese Falcon1941Casablanca1943Shadow of a Doubt1943Gaslight1944Spellbound1945Notorious1946The Big Sleep1946The Killers1946Letter from an Unknown Woman1948Rope1948Strangers on a Train1951High Noon1952Sudden Fear1952Dial M for Murder1954Rear Window1954To Catch a Thief1955The Man Who Knew Too Much195612 Angry Men1957Witness for the Prosecution1957Vertigo1958The Apartment1960Le Doulos1962Ride the High Country1962Sanjuro1962Charade1963The Pink Panther1963Seven Days in May1964For a Few Dollars More1965The Ipcress File1965The Lion in Winter1968Tora! Tora! Tora!1970Straw Dogs1971Frenzy1972Sleuth1972The Sting1973The Wicker Man1973Murder on the Orient Express1974Jaws1975All the President's Men1976Carrie1976Midway1976High Anxiety1977Being There1979Life of Brian1979The China Syndrome1979The Gods Must Be Crazy1980Absence of Malice1981Blow Out1981The Draughtsman's Contract1982Body Double1984The Name of the Rose1986Shallow Grave1987Colors1988Rain Man1988Drugstore Cowboy1989Raise the Red Lantern1991Howards End1992Jurassic Park1993Chungking Express1994Clear and Present Danger1994Kids1995La Cérémonie1995Jerry Maguire1996Mission: Impossible1996Primal Fear1996The Arrival1996Gattaca1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Central Station1998The Negotiator1998Following1999Go1999The Thomas Crown Affair1999Snatch2000Thirteen Days2000Unbreakable2000Bridget Jones's Diary2001Bowling for Columbine2002Catch Me If You Can2002Signs2002The Sum of All Fears2002We Were Soldiers2002Identity2003Infernal Affairs II2003Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Runaway Jury2003The Cooler2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003I, Robot2004The Merchant of Venice2004Babel2006Inside Man2006American Gangster2007Burn After Reading2008Funny Games2008Slumdog Millionaire2008Summer Hours2008Headhunters2011Argo2012Nameless Gangster2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Hunt2012Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014John Wick2014Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Bridge of Spies2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Spectre2015Spotlight2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015The Hateful Eight2015Get Out2017Molly's Game2017Murder on the Orient Express2017Phantom Thread2017A Quiet Place2018Bohemian Rhapsody2018The Resistance Banker2018Avengers: Endgame2019Knives Out2019Nobody2021The King's Man2021Operation Mincemeat2022The Batman2022The Outfit2022Top Gun: Maverick202212.12: The Day2023Godzilla Minus One2023Luther: The Fallen Sun2023Alien: Romulus2024Conclave2024Number 242024Woman of the Hour2024Black Bag2025The Secret Agent2025