Sightlines · a concept

two recognitions

habitual (sensory-motor) vs attentive recognition.

On screen: recognition that stalls and reaches for memory instead of action.

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

Across the collection

Spellbound1945Letter from an Unknown Woman1948Hiroshima Mon Amour1959The Manchurian Candidate1962The Pawnbroker1965The Bird with the Crystal Plumage1970Ordinary People1980The Dead1987The English Patient1996Good Will Hunting1997High Fidelity2000The Others2001Birth2004Batman Begins2005The Constant Gardener2005The Darjeeling Limited2007Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014Phoenix2014Finding Dory2016It Chapter Two2019A Man Called Otto202218x2 Beyond Youthful Days2024Small Things Like These2024Sore: A Wife from the Future2025