Sightlines · a concept

privileged instants

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

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

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

Across the collection

Triumph of the Will1935Alexander Nevsky1938Gone with the Wind1939The Grapes of Wrath1940Fort Apache1948Moulin Rouge1952Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Seventh Seal1957Jules and Jim1962Sanjuro1962A Fistful of Dollars1964For a Few Dollars More1965Kwaidan1965Come Drink with Me1966Gallipoli1981Return of the Jedi1983The Outsiders1983Police Story1985The Untouchables1987The Killer1989Thelma & Louise1991Hard Boiled1992Braveheart1995Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998Mission: Impossible II2000Unbreakable2000Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Sin City2005Apocalypto20063002007Ip Man200820122009Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011Pacific Rim2013Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Zack Snyder's Justice League2021Civil War2024