Sightlines · a concept

voyage balade form

aimless wandering replacing goal-directed action.

On screen: the trip/stroll that transforms nothing.

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

Deleuze’s own examples

DNouvelle Vague2025

Across the collection

Limite1931Modern Times1936Sullivan's Travels1941Obsession1943A Canterbury Tale1944Paisan1946The Best Years of Our Lives1946Odd Man Out1947Bicycle Thieves1948They Live by Night1949I Vitelloni1953Monsieur Hulot's Holiday1953Roman Holiday1953Summer with Monika1953Journey to Italy1954La Strada1954It's Always Fair Weather1955Marty1955Bob le Flambeur1956Nights of Cabiria1957The Seventh Seal1957The 400 Blows1959Breathless1960L'Avventura1960La Dolce Vita1960Shadows1960A Taste of Honey1961Lola1961Cléo from 5 to 71962It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963A Hard Day's Night1964Band of Outsiders1964Darling1965Pierrot le Fou1965São Paulo, Incorporated1965Alfie1966Daisies1966King of Hearts1966The Brick and the Mirror1966Bonnie and Clyde1967PlayTime1967Weekend1967Faces1968Memories of Underdevelopment1968Stolen Kisses1968The Swimmer1968Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Easy Rider1969Midnight Cowboy1969Satyricon1969Five Easy Pieces1970Husbands1970Kes1970M*A*S*H1970Wanda1970Carnal Knowledge1971Murmur of the Heart1971The Last Picture Show1971Two-Lane Blacktop1971Wake in Fright1971Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972Roma1972The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972American Graffiti1973Mean Streets1973O Lucky Man!1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973Sambizanga1973Soleil O1973The Long Goodbye1973Touki Bouki1973Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974Alice in the Cities1974Badlands1974Shampoo1975Rocky1976Jabberwocky1977Stroszek1977Manhattan1979Quadrophenia1979Pixote1980The Blues Brothers1980Modern Romance1981Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982Stranger Than Paradise1983The Big Chill1983Memories of Prison1984Paris, Texas1984Stranger Than Paradise1984This Is Spinal Tap1984After Hours1985Lost in America1985Vagabond1985Betty Blue1986Down by Law1986Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986Something Wild1986Stand by Me1986The Green Ray1986Hope and Glory1987Where Is The Friend's House?1987Withnail & I1987Bull Durham1988Colors1988Rain Man1988Salaam Bombay!1988Do the Right Thing1989Mystery Train1989Days of Being Wild1990Metropolitan1990Slacker1990My Own Private Idaho1991Night on Earth1991Thelma & Louise1991Dazed and Confused1993Moving1993Naked1993Sonatine1993Before Sunrise1995Kicking and Screaming1995Kids1995La Haine1995Bottle Rocket1996Fireworks1997Taste of Cherry1997The End of Violence1997Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998Last Night1998The Idiots1998The Last Days of Disco1998Buena Vista Social Club1999Kikujiro1999Ride with the Devil1999The Blair Witch Project1999101 Reykjavik2000Best in Show2000Jesus' Son2000The Gleaners and I2000You Can Count on Me2000Ghost World2001Jurassic 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 Sunshine2006The Darjeeling Limited2007Cloverfield2008Extraordinary Stories2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008A Single Man2009Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010Tiny Furniture2010Meek's Cutoff2011Once Upon a Time in Anatolia2011Oslo, August 31st2011Beyond the Hills2012Before Midnight2013Frances Ha2013Inside Llewyn Davis2013Man of Steel2013Nebraska2013The Great Beauty2013A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014Boy & the World2014Inherent Vice2014Under the Skin2014Anomalisa2015Certain Women2016The Nice Guys2016Hostiles2017The Florida Project2017Zama2017Capernaum2018Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019The Painted Bird2019All the Bright Places2020Marona's Fantastic Tale2020Night in Paradise2020Bergman Island2021Licorice Pizza2021The Worst Person in the World2021EO2022Beau Is Afraid202318x2 Beyond Youthful Days2024A Real Pain2024Anora2024Civil War2024Kontinental '252025My Father's Shadow2025One Battle After Another2025Sirāt2025The Blue Trail2025The Mastermind2025Dry Leaf2026People We Meet on Vacation2026