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.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DThe Birth of a Nation1915

Across the collection

The General1926Woman in the Moon1929It Happened One Night1934Triumph of the Will1935Stagecoach1939Foreign Correspondent1940Ivan's Childhood1962Shock Corridor1963Seven Days in May1964Alfie1966Come Drink with Me1966Z1969Performance1970Paper Moon1973Sleeper1973Star Wars1977The Gods Must Be Crazy1980Gallipoli1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Return of the Jedi1983The Terminator1984Rain Man1988Dead Poets Society1989Days of Thunder1990The Last of the Mohicans1992Braveheart1995Dead Man Walking1995Outbreak1995Toy 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 Trek2009The Adventures of Tintin2011The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Raid2012Gravity2013Pacific Rim2013The Attorney2013Edge of Tomorrow2014Fury2014Interstellar2014Bridge of Spies2015Kingsman: The Secret Service2015Steve Jobs2015Baby Driver2017Steel Rain2017Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Pacific Rim: Uprising2018A Quiet Place Part II2021Top Gun: Maverick2022Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning202528 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026Project Hail Mary2026