Sightlines · a concept

the movement-image

cinema organized by the sensory-motor link: perception → action → new situation; time given *indirectly*, through movement and montage.

On screen: a character perceives a situation and acts to change it; action resolves situations; continuity editing serves the chain.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Birth of a Nation1915

Across the collection

The Kid1921The General1926Pandora's Box1929Woman in the Moon1929It Happened One Night1934Triumph of the Will1935Orphan's Picnic1936The Adventures of Robin Hood1938Stagecoach1939Foreign Correspondent1940The Thief of Bagdad1940Sullivan's Travels1941I Know Where I'm Going!1945Oliver Twist1948Singin' in the Rain1952Ivan's Childhood1962Shock Corridor1963Seven Days in May1964Alfie1966Come Drink with Me1966Z1969Performance1970Paper Moon1973Sleeper1973Star Wars1977The Gods Must Be Crazy1980Gallipoli1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Return of the Jedi1983Sugar Cane Alley1983The Terminator1984Pee-wee's Big Adventure1985Rain Man1988Dead Poets Society1989Days of Thunder1990The Last of the Mohicans1992The Mask1994Braveheart1995Dead Man Walking1995Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995Outbreak1995Toy Story1995Independence Day1996Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998Saving Private Ryan1998The Proposition1998The Truman Show1998American Beauty1999Jurassic Park III2001The Good Shepherd2004Walk the Line2005Cars2006Casino Royale2006Mission: Impossible III2006This Is England2007Ip Man2008Slumdog Millionaire2008The Chaser200820122009Avatar2009Star Trek2009Alice in Wonderland2010Le Havre2011Melancholia2011Real Steel2011The Adventures of Tintin2011The Artist2011The Intouchables2011The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Raid2012Gravity2013Pacific Rim2013The Attorney2013Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Edge of Tomorrow2014Fury2014Guardians of the Galaxy2014Interstellar2014The Way He Looks2014Bridge of Spies2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Steve Jobs2015The World of Us2016Baby Driver2017Steel Rain2017The Greatest Showman2017Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Pacific Rim: Uprising2018To All the Boys I've Loved Before2018La Flor2019Spider-Man: Far From Home2019Enola Holmes2020Sound of Metal2020A Quiet Place Part II2021Fear Street: 19942021Luca2021A Man Called Otto2022Enola Holmes 22022Top Gun: Maverick2022Anyone but You2023Red, White & Royal Blue2023Wonka2023Flow2024Gladiator II2024Trap2024A Minecraft Movie2025Avatar: Fire and Ash2025F12025How to Train Your Dragon2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Zootopia 2202528 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026Minions & Monsters2026Project Hail Mary2026Send Help2026