Sightlines · a concept

privileged instants

the older conception: movement reconstructed from transcendent poses/forms.

On screen: tableaux, posed climactic forms, the "decisive" stylized instant.

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

Across the collection

Hell's Angels1930Triumph of the Will1935Alexander Nevsky1938Gone with the Wind1939The Grapes of Wrath1940Fort Apache1948Victims of Sin1951Moulin Rouge1952Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Seventh Seal1957Knights of the Teutonic Order1960El Cid1961Jules and Jim1962Sanjuro1962Jason and the Argonauts1963A Fistful of Dollars1964Blood and Black Lace1964Dog Star Man: Part IV1964For a Few Dollars More1965Kwaidan1965Come Drink with Me1966The Phantom of Liberty1974The 36th Chamber of Shaolin1978Gallipoli1981Return of the Jedi1983The Outsiders1983Police Story1985The Untouchables1987The Killer1989Thelma & Louise1991Hard Boiled1992The Nightmare Before Christmas1993Drunken Master III1994Braveheart1995The Rock1996Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998Mission: Impossible II2000Unbreakable2000Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Sin City2005Apocalypto20063002007Transformers2007Ip Man200820122009The Secret of Kells2009Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011The Artist2011Pacific Rim2013X-Men: Days of Future Past2014Anomalisa2015Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Kubo and the Two Strings2016Beauty and the Beast2017Isle of Dogs2018Mandy2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Jujutsu Kaisen 02021Zack Snyder's Justice League2021Entergalactic2022The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Civil War2024