Sightlines · a concept

montage organic american

the whole as organic binomial unity; parallel/alternate montage, the duel.

On screen: convergent parallel montage, last-minute rescue.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916DThe Birth of a Nation1915

Across the collection

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Metropolis1927Spies1928Woman in the Moon1929Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Stagecoach1939The Ox-Bow Incident1943Red River1948The Naked City1948Night and the City1950Strangers on a Train1951High Noon1952Seven Samurai1954The Killing1956Some Like It Hot1959Spartacus1960The Magnificent Seven1960The Longest Day1962The Great Escape1963The Wild Bunch1969Tora! Tora! Tora!1970The Godfather1972American Graffiti1973The Day of the Jackal1973Midway1976A Bridge Too Far1977Star Wars1977The Empire Strikes Back1980Raiders of the Lost Ark1981E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982Return of the Jedi1983The Right Stuff1983The Color Purple1985Shallow Grave1987Days of Thunder1990The Grifters1990Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991The Silence of the Lambs1991The Fugitive1993Clear and Present Danger1994Braveheart1995Hamlet1996Independence Day1996Four Days in September1997The Fifth Element1997Titanic1997A Bug's Life1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998Go1999Magnolia1999October Sky1999Requiem for a Dream2000Snatch2000Thirteen Days2000Intacto2001Spy Game2001Bloody Sunday2002City of God2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002The Sum of All Fears2002We Were Soldiers2002The Matrix Revolutions2003Lord of War2005Mission: Impossible III2006The Departed20063:10 to Yuma2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Ip Man2008Slumdog Millionaire200820122009The King's Speech2010The Adventures of Tintin2011Argo2012Lincoln2012The Avengers2012Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Creed2015Eye in the Sky2015Steve Jobs2015The Martian2015Hacksaw Ridge2016Jason Bourne2016The Post2017BlacKkKlansman2018Bohemian Rhapsody2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Avengers: Endgame2019Brexit: The Uncivil War2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019The Trial of the Chicago 72020A Quiet Place Part II2021Crisis2021Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021All Quiet on the Western Front202212.12: The Day2023Number 242024