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.

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

Across the collection

Nanook of the North1922The General1926The 39 Steps1935Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Stagecoach1939The Grapes of Wrath1940My Darling Clementine1946Fort Apache1948Red River1948High 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 Seven1960Yojimbo1961Lawrence of Arabia1962The Longest Day1962The Great Escape1963A Fistful of Dollars1964For a Few Dollars More1965Django1966The Italian Job1969Patton1970Dirty Harry1971Straw Dogs1971Enter the Dragon1973Sleeper1973Jaws1975Star Wars1977The Deer Hunter1978Escape from New York1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981The Right Stuff1983The Terminator1984Police Story1985Aliens1986Raising Arizona1987Dances with Wolves1990Days of Thunder1990The Last of the Mohicans1992Clear and Present Danger1994The Shawshank Redemption1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Outbreak1995Independence Day1996The 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 World2003PTU2003The Last Samurai2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003Brokeback Mountain2005The Proposition2005Apocalypto2006Mission: Impossible III20063:10 to Yuma2007Charlie Wilson's War2007Shooter2007Ip Man2008The Chaser20082012200913 Assassins2010Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011Safe House2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Raid2012Captain Phillips2013Pacific Rim2013The Berlin File2013World War Z2013Fury2014Bridge of Spies2015Far from the Madding Crowd2015Mad Max: Fury Road2015The Martian2015Hacksaw Ridge2016Jason Bourne2016Steel Rain2017Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado201819172019Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021Ambulance2022Athena2022Thirteen Lives2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Disclosure Day2026