Sightlines · a concept

respiration space

the large form's encompassing breath vs the line of the duel.

On screen: alternation of vast milieu-space and the taut line of the action.

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

Across the collection

Nanook of the North1922The General1926King Kong1933Captain Blood1935The 39 Steps1935Holiday1938The Adventures of Robin Hood1938Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Only Angels Have Wings1939Stagecoach1939The Grapes of Wrath1940The Thief of Bagdad194049th Parallel1941High Sierra1941Enamorada1946My Darling Clementine1946Fort Apache1948Red River1948The Breaking Point1950Wagon Master1950High Noon1952The African Queen1952The Wages of Fear1953Sansho the Bailiff1954Seven Samurai1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Killing19563:10 to Yuma1957The Hidden Fortress1958Ben-Hur1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Spartacus1960The Magnificent Seven1960El Cid1961Yojimbo1961Lawrence of Arabia1962The Longest Day1962The Great Escape1963A Fistful of Dollars1964For a Few Dollars More1965The Flight of the Phoenix1965Django1966The Italian Job1969Patton1970Dirty Harry1971Straw Dogs1971Enter the Dragon1973Sleeper1973Jaws1975Star Wars1977The Deer Hunter1978Watership Down1978Escape from New York1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981The Right Stuff1983Ghostbusters1984The Terminator1984Police Story1985Silverado1985Aliens1986Raising Arizona1987Dances with Wolves1990Days of Thunder1990One False Move1992The Last of the Mohicans1992Clear and Present Danger1994The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995Outbreak1995Independence Day1996The Rock1996Princess Mononoke1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998Ronin1998October Sky1999Enemy at the Gates2001Training Day2001Rabbit-Proof Fence2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002We Were Soldiers2002Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003PTU2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003The Last Samurai2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003Brokeback Mountain2005The Proposition2005Apocalypto2006Mission: Impossible III20063:10 to Yuma2007Charlie Wilson's War2007Shooter2007Ip Man2008The Chaser20082012200913 Assassins2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011Real Steel2011Safe House2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Raid2012Captain Phillips2013Pacific Rim2013The Berlin File2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013World War Z2013Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014Fury2014Wild Tales2014Bridge of Spies2015Far from the Madding Crowd2015Mad Max: Fury Road2015The Martian2015Hacksaw Ridge2016Jason Bourne2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016Steel Rain2017Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado201819172019Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021Ambulance2022Athena2022Thirteen Lives2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Where the Crawdads Sing2022The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023Carry-On2024Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024The Count of Monte Cristo2024Twisters2024Avatar: Fire and Ash2025F12025Jurassic World Rebirth2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Disclosure Day2026The Odyssey2026