Sightlines · a concept

voyage balade form

aimless wandering replacing goal-directed action.

On screen: the trip/stroll that transforms nothing.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DNouvelle Vague2025

Across the collection

Modern Times1936Obsession1943Paisan1946The Best Years of Our Lives1946Bicycle Thieves1948I Vitelloni1953Roman Holiday1953Journey to Italy1954La Strada1954Marty1955Bob le Flambeur1956Nights of Cabiria1957The Seventh Seal1957The 400 Blows1959Breathless1960L'Avventura1960La Dolce Vita1960Shadows1960A Taste of Honey1961A Hard Day's Night1964Band of Outsiders1964Darling1965Pierrot le Fou1965Alfie1966King of Hearts1966Bonnie and Clyde1967PlayTime1967Weekend1967Faces1968Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Easy Rider1969Midnight Cowboy1969Satyricon1969Five Easy Pieces1970Husbands1970Kes1970M*A*S*H1970Wanda1970Carnal Knowledge1971The Last Picture Show1971Two-Lane Blacktop1971Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972American Graffiti1973Mean Streets1973O Lucky Man!1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973The Long Goodbye1973Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974Alice in the Cities1974Badlands1974Rocky1976Stroszek1977Manhattan1979Pixote1980The Blues Brothers1980Stranger Than Paradise1983Paris, Texas1984Stranger Than Paradise1984This Is Spinal Tap1984Down by Law1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Stand by Me1986Hope and Glory1987Withnail & I1987Colors1988Rain Man1988Salaam Bombay!1988Do the Right Thing1989Mystery Train1989Days of Being Wild1990Slacker1990My Own Private Idaho1991Thelma & Louise1991Dazed and Confused1993Naked1993Sonatine1993Kids1995La Haine1995Fireworks1997Taste of Cherry1997The End of Violence1997Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998The Idiots1998Kikujiro1999The Blair Witch Project1999101 Reykjavik2000Best in Show2000Jesus' Son2000Jurassic Park III2001Millennium Mambo2001Gerry2002Igby Goes Down2002Gozu2003Lost in Translation2003Noi the Albino2003The Station Agent2003Napoleon Dynamite2004Ocean's Twelve2004Brokeback Mountain2005Jarhead2005The Death of Mr. Lazarescu2005War of the Worlds2005Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2006Little Miss Sunshine2006Cloverfield2008Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010Meek's Cutoff2011Once Upon a Time in Anatolia2011Oslo, August 31st2011Inside Llewyn Davis2013Man of Steel2013Inherent Vice2014Under the Skin2014The Nice Guys2016Hostiles2017The Florida Project2017Capernaum2018Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019The Painted Bird2019Night in Paradise2020Licorice Pizza2021EO2022Anora2024Civil War2024Kontinental '252025My Father's Shadow2025One Battle After Another2025Sirāt2025The Blue Trail2025The Mastermind2025Dry Leaf2026