Sightlines · a concept

movement of world

personal movement relayed to a supra-personal movement of the *world* itself.

On screen: the character grows still while the world moves (the dance absorbing the dancer).

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

Across the collection

Sherlock Jr.1924Faust1926Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927Earth1930L'Atalante1934Modern Times1936Swing Time1936The Wizard of Oz1939The Great Dictator1940The Thief of Bagdad1940Children of Paradise1945Beauty and the Beast1946Key Largo1948The Red Shoes1948La Ronde1950Orpheus1950The River1951Le Plaisir1952Singin' in the Rain1952The Earrings of Madame de...1953Ugetsu1953Sansho the Bailiff1954It's Always Fair Weather1955Lola Montès1955The Night of the Hunter1955Nights of Cabiria1957The Cranes Are Flying1957The Seventh Seal1957Wild Strawberries1957A Midsummer's Night Dream1959Black Orpheus1959Eyes Without a Face1960Lola1961Carnival of Souls1962Ivan's Childhood1962Vivre Sa Vie1962Billy Liar1963The Leopard1963Charulata1964The Umbrellas of Cherbourg1964Doctor Zhivago1965A Man and a Woman1966Au Hasard Balthazar1966Blow-Up1966Cul-de-sac1966War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova1966The Graduate1967The Producers1968Kes1970Performance1970Valerie and Her Week of Wonders1970Death in Venice1971Harold and Maude1971McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971The Conformist1971Aguirre, the Wrath of God1972Silent Running1972Solaris1972Belladonna of Sadness1973Mean Streets1973Jaws1975Mirror1975Picnic at Hanging Rock1975Carrie1976Heart of Glass1976House1977Stroszek1977Days of Heaven1978Killer of Sheep1978The Wiz1978All That Jazz1979The Black Stallion1979Heaven's Gate1980The Blues Brothers1980Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982Fitzcarraldo1982Koyaanisqatsi1983Risky Business1983Rumble Fish1983Choose Me1984City of Pirates1984Love Streams1984Out of Africa1985The Breakfast Club1985Sid and Nancy1986Moonstruck1987The Last Emperor1987Akira1988Beetlejuice1988Damnation1988My Neighbor Totoro1988Drugstore Cowboy1989Henry V1989Santa Sangre1989Dreams1990GoodFellas1990House Party1990My Own Private Idaho1991Only Yesterday1991The Doors1991The Fisher King1991Bram Stoker's Dracula1992Hard Boiled1992Like Water for Chocolate1992Porco Rosso1992Moving1993The Nightmare Before Christmas1993Three Colors: Blue1993What's Eating Gilbert Grape1993Chungking Express1994Exotica1994Satantango1994The Mask1994The Postman1994Clockers1995Fallen Angels1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life1995The City of Lost Children1995To Die For1995Shine1996Face/Off1997Happy Together1997Buffalo '661998Bullet Ballet1998Rushmore1998The Big Lebowski1998The Thin Red Line1998Boys Don't Cry1999Magnolia1999Toy Story 21999101 Reykjavik2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Dancer in the Dark2000Gladiator2000In the Mood for Love2000Requiem for a Dream2000A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001Amélie2001Donnie Darko2001Hedwig and the Angry Inch2001Moulin Rouge!2001Ocean's Eleven200125th Hour2002Gerry2002Millennium Actress2002Talk to Her2002Bright Future2003House of 1000 Corpses2003Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring2003The Matrix Revolutions2003The Station Agent2003Zatoichi200320462004Birth2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004House of Flying Daggers2004Napoleon Dynamite2004The Chorus2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004Tropical Malady2004King Kong2005Memoirs of a Geisha2005The Wayward Cloud2005Cars2006Marie Antoinette2006Syndromes and a Century2006Silent Light2007The Darjeeling Limited2007Summer Hours2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008Tokyo Sonata2008Twilight2008(500) Days of Summer2009A Single Man2009Antichrist2009Mother2009The Lovely Bones2009Alice in Wonderland2010Black Swan2010Enter the Void2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010Oslo, August 31st2011Pina2011The Intouchables2011The Iron Lady2011Beasts of the Southern Wild2012Life of Pi2012Pitch Perfect2012Post Tenebras Lux2012Frances Ha2013Gravity2013Her2013The Grandmaster2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013The Wind Rises2013A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014Boyhood2014Clouds of Sils Maria2014Guardians of the Galaxy2014The Assassin2015After the Storm2016Doctor Strange2016Kaili Blues2016The Neon Demon2016The Greatest Showman2017The Shape of Water2017A Star Is Born2018Annihilation2018Climax2018First Reformed2018Long Day's Journey Into Night2018Ready Player One201819172019Beanpole2019Ford v Ferrari2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019Midsommar2019Portrait of a Lady on Fire2019Rocketman2019Another Round2020David Byrne's American Utopia2020Palm Springs2020Saint Maud2020Jujutsu Kaisen 02021Last Night in Soho2021Licorice Pizza2021No Time to Die2021Petrov's Flu2021The Worst Person in the World2021Titane2021tick, tick... BOOM!2021EO2022Entergalactic2022Kantara2022Pearl2022The Fabelmans2022White Noise2022All of Us Strangers2023Barbie2023Beau Is Afraid2023Dream Scenario2023Wonka202318x2 Beyond Youthful Days2024Beetlejuice Beetlejuice2024Better Man2024Drawing Closer2024I Saw the TV Glow2024Lisa Frankenstein2024Smile 22024Wicked2024Blue Moon2025Dracula2025How to Train Your Dragon2025KPop Demon Hunters2025Miroirs No. 32025The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025The Ice Tower2025The Testament of Ann Lee2025Thunderbolts*2025Train Dreams2025In Waves2026Silent Friend2026