Sightlines · a concept
spiritual automaton
thought set in motion by the image — or, in modern cinema, its powerlessness to think.
On screen: the image forcing/blocking thought (Eisenstein's noble version, or Artaud's impower).
30 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary
Deleuze’s own examples
Across the collection
J'Accuse1919
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933
Triumph of the Will1935
Alexander Nevsky1938
Hamlet1948
The Manchurian Candidate1962
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
Alphaville1965
The Ipcress File1965
2001: A Space Odyssey1968
Targets1968
A Clockwork Orange1971
The Holy Mountain1973
The Parallax View1974
Heart of Glass1976
Altered States1980
Scanners1981
L'Argent1983
Decalogue I1989
Prospero's Books1991
Cure1997
Pi1998
Julien Donkey-Boy1999
Martyrs2008
Police, Adjective2010
Alien: Covenant2017
Tenet2020
The Fabelmans2022