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").

217 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 Paradise1932A Night at the Opera1935The 39 Steps1935The Awful Truth1937The Adventures of Robin Hood1938The Lady Vanishes1938The Wizard of Oz1939Foreign Correspondent1940The Maltese Falcon1941To Be or Not to Be1942Casablanca1943Shadow of a Doubt1943Gaslight1944Spellbound1945Notorious1946The Big Sleep1946The Killers1946Letter from an Unknown Woman1948Rope1948The Fallen Idol1948The Heiress1949Strangers 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 Panther1963Blood and Black Lace1964Seven Days in May1964For a Few Dollars More1965The Ipcress File1965The Secret Formula1965The Lion in Winter1968Tora! Tora! Tora!1970Tristana1970Straw 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 Contract1982White Dog1982Body Double1984Silverado1985The Name of the Rose1986Shallow Grave1987Bull Durham1988Colors1988Crossing Delancey1988Rain Man1988Drugstore Cowboy1989Raise the Red Lantern1991Howards End1992One False Move1992The Crying Game1992Jurassic Park1993Chungking Express1994Clear and Present Danger1994Drunken Master III1994Kids1995La Cérémonie1995Bottle Rocket1996Bound1996Jerry Maguire1996Mission: Impossible1996Primal Fear1996The Arrival1996The Rock1996Gattaca1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Central Station1998The Negotiator1998Following1999Go1999The Thomas Crown Affair1999Final Destination2000Love & Basketball2000Snatch2000Thirteen Days2000Unbreakable2000Bridget Jones's Diary2001Bowling for Columbine2002Catch Me If You Can2002Signs2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002The 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 Venice2004D.E.B.S.2005Babel2006Inside Man2006American Gangster2007Burn After Reading2008Funny Games2008Slumdog Millionaire2008Summer Hours2008From Up on Poppy Hill2011Headhunters2011Scream 42011Argo2012Moonrise Kingdom2012Nameless Gangster2012The Cabin in the Woods2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Hunt2012Stoker2013The Conjuring2013Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014Divergent2014John Wick2014The Amazing Spider-Man 22014Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Bridge of Spies2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Spectre2015Spotlight2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015The Hateful Eight2015The World of Us2016Before I Fall2017Get Out2017It2017Molly's Game2017Murder on the Orient Express2017Phantom Thread2017The Lego Batman Movie2017A Quiet Place2018A Star Is Born2018Bohemian Rhapsody2018The Resistance Banker2018To All the Boys I've Loved Before2018Tumbbad2018Avengers: Endgame2019Knives Out2019Spider-Man: Far From Home2019Enola Holmes2020Promising Young Woman2020Fear Street: 19782021Fear Street: 19942021Nobody2021The King's Man2021Bullet Train2022Enola Holmes 22022Operation Mincemeat2022The Batman2022The Outfit2022Top Gun: Maverick202212.12: The Day2023Anyone but You2023Five Nights at Freddy's2023Godzilla Minus One2023Luther: The Fallen Sun2023Scream VI2023The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Alien: Romulus2024Carry-On2024Conclave2024Deadpool & Wolverine2024Gladiator II2024Late Night with the Devil2024Number 242024Transformers One2024Trap2024Wicked2024Woman of the Hour2024A Minecraft Movie2025Black Bag2025Captain America: Brave New World2025Final Destination Bloodlines2025Jurassic World Rebirth2025The Conjuring: Last Rites2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025The Secret Agent2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025Wicked: For Good2025Zootopia 22025Michael2026People We Meet on Vacation2026The Devil Wears Prada 22026The Sheep Detectives2026