Sightlines · a concept

the encompasser

the total milieu as an organic set of forces.

On screen: an encompassing situation/milieu that calls forth action.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DSeven Samurai1954

Across the collection

The Birth of a Nation1915Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Nanook of the North1922The General1926Spies1928Woman in the Moon1929Tabu: A Story of the South Seas1931Gone with the Wind1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939Stagecoach1939His Girl Friday1940The Grapes of Wrath1940How Green Was My Valley1941The Little Foxes1941Casablanca1943To Have and Have Not1945My Darling Clementine1946The Stranger1946Fort Apache1948Key Largo1948Red River1948The Naked City1948La Terra Trema1949Night and the City1950High Noon1952The African Queen1952Shane1953The Big Heat1953The Wages of Fear1953On the Waterfront1954Rebel Without a Cause1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955The Killing1956The Searchers19563:10 to Yuma1957The Bridge on the River Kwai1957Room at the Top1958The Hidden Fortress1958Ben-Hur1959Rio Bravo1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Spartacus1960The Magnificent Seven1960Yojimbo1961Lawrence of Arabia1962The Longest Day1962The Great Escape1963A Fistful of Dollars1964Doctor Zhivago1965For a Few Dollars More1965The Hill1965Come Drink with Me1966Cool Hand Luke1967In the Heat of the Night1967Z1969Patton1970Dirty Harry1971Duel1971Shaft1971The Godfather1972Enter the Dragon1973Serpico1973Chinatown1974Jaws1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Midway1976Rocky1976A Bridge Too Far1977Star Wars1977The China Syndrome1979The Blues Brothers1980The Long Good Friday1980Escape from New York1981Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Gandhi1982The Verdict1982Return of the Jedi1983The Terminator1984Police Story1985A Better Tomorrow1986Aliens1986The Mission1986Shallow Grave1987The Untouchables1987Wall Street1987Mississippi Burning1988Dead Poets Society1989Do the Right Thing1989Leviathan1989The Killer1989Dances with Wolves1990Days of Thunder1990Misery1990Boyz n the Hood1991Once Upon a Time in China1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991A Few Good Men1992Howards End1992The Last of the Mohicans1992Carlito's Way1993The Shawshank Redemption1994The War1994Apollo 131995Braveheart1995Casino1995Heat1995Johnny Mnemonic1995Outbreak1995Independence Day1996Four Days in September1997Gattaca1997The Fifth Element1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Titanic1997A Bug's Life1998Central Station1998The Negotiator1998The Proposition1998October Sky1999Gladiator2000Enemy at the Gates2001Jurassic Park III2001Ocean's Eleven2001Training Day20018 Mile2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002We Were Soldiers2002Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003The Last Samurai2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003The Matrix Revolutions2003I, Robot2004Layer Cake2004Man on Fire2004The Good Shepherd2004Batman Begins2005Hustle & Flow2005King Kong2005Apocalypto20063:10 to Yuma2007Charlie Wilson's War2007Ocean's Thirteen2007Shooter2007Body of Lies2008Ip Man2008Iron Man2008The Dark Knight200820122009A Prophet2009Avatar200913 Assassins2010Green Zone2010Outrage2010The Man from Nowhere2010The Town2010True Grit2010The Adventures of Tintin2011Warrior2011Looper2012Safe House2012The Avengers2012The Dark Knight Rises2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012The Hunger Games2012The Raid2012Elysium2013Lone Survivor2013Man of Steel2013Pacific Rim2013Snowpiercer2013The Attorney2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013Fury2014John Wick2014The Equalizer2014The Imitation Game2014Whiplash2014Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Bridge of Spies2015Creed2015Far from the Madding Crowd2015Jurassic World2015Mad Max: Fury Road2015Spotlight2015The Martian201513 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016Hell or High Water2016Jason Bourne2016Darkest Hour2017Steel Rain2017The Post2017Black Panther2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018Pacific Rim: Uprising2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado201819172019Alita: Battle Angel2019Avengers: Endgame2019Ford v Ferrari2019The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019The Outpost2020The Trial of the Chicago 72020A Quiet Place Part II2021Crisis2021Escape from Mogadishu2021The Forgotten Battle2021Ambulance2022Athena2022Emily the Criminal2022Thirteen Lives2022Top Gun: Maverick2022Godzilla Minus One2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023Number 242024Rebel Ridge2024The Order2024Marty Supreme2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025Project Hail Mary2026