Sightlines · a concept

order of time / coexistence

coexisting regions of the past (Bergson's cone); non-chronological leaps.

On screen: the past as an order one moves through non-linearly (not a dated flashback).

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DHiroshima Mon Amour1959

Across the collection

The Phantom Carriage1921The Killers1946Lola Montès1955Night and Fog1956Wild Strawberries1957Jules and Jim1962Long Day's Journey Into Night1962Salvatore Giuliano1962The Pawnbroker1965Petulia1968Catch-221970The Conformist1971The Go-Between1971Slaughterhouse-Five1972Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973The Godfather Part II1974Mirror1975The Travelling Players1975Annie Hall1977The Shining1980Time Bandits1981Nostalgia1983Sans Soleil1983Once Upon a Time in America1984Caravaggio1986The Last Emperor1987The Remains of the Day1993Nixon1995Shine1996The Funeral1996Happy Together1997Out of Sight1998The Limey1999Titus1999Peppermint Candy2000Millennium Mambo2001The Devil's Backbone2001City of God2002Russian Ark200220462004Still Walking2008Enter the Void2010Inception2010Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2010The Iron Lady2011The Tree of Life2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011We Need to Talk About Kevin2011The Grandmaster2013Interstellar2014Cemetery of Splendor2015Manchester by the Sea2016Moonlight2016The Irishman2019Petrov's Flu2021Aftersun2022Small Things Like These2024Pompei: Below the Clouds2025Resurrection2025Sentimental Value2025Sinners2025Sound of Falling2025Train Dreams2025Silent Friend2026