Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art

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"Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored." So ahead of his time was Vogel that the ideas that he penned some 30 years ago are still relevant today, and readily accessible in this classic volume. Accompanied by over 300 rare film stills, Film as a Subversive Art analyzes how aesthetic, sexual, and ideological subversives use one of the most powerful art forms of our day to exchange or manipulate our conscious and unconscious, demystify visual taboos, destroy dated cinematic forms, and undermine existing value systems and institutions."

This list contains all movies in the revised version from 2021.

Included in this list are movies:
1. with dedicated texts.
2. shown in movie stills.
3. mentioned otherwise as an example of subversive cinema in the context of the text it is mentioned in.

Excluded from this list are movies that are mentioned in any other way than an example of subversive cinema.

The movies are sorted by appearance in the book. Some movies appear multiple times. In that case, the preferred position is the dedicated text, then a movie still and lastly a mention.

The book is divided into parts:
Introduction (#1 - #20)
Part 1 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Form (#21 - #170)
Part 2 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Content (#171 - #355)
Part 3 - Weapons of Subversion: Forbidden Subjects of the Cinema (#356 - #572)
Part 4 - Towards a New Consciousness (#573 - #598)
#599 is the back cover.

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  1. 125 +180

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 36 +273

    Feu Mathias Pascal

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 22 +493

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 129 +428

    Varieté

    1925 — a.k.a. Variety, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 21 +63

    Po zakonu

    1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 385 -295

    Casanova

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 27 +142

    Konets Sankt-Peterburga

    1927 — a.k.a. The End of St. Petersburg, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 28 +362

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  9. 577 -531

    Tretya meshchanskaya

    1927 — a.k.a. Bed and Sofa, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 24 +488

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 25 +10

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 413 -5

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 528 -519

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 23 +131

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 459 -131

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 566 -362

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 353 +86

    Queen Kelly

    1932, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 97 -30

    Le sang d'un poète

    1932 — a.k.a. The Blood of a Poet, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 370 -210

    Ekstase

    1933 — a.k.a. Ecstasy, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 312 -68

    Hitlerjunge Quex

    1933 — a.k.a. Our Flags Lead Us Forward, in 1 top list Check
  21. 423 +69

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 221 +372

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 220 +134

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 476 new

    Hortobágy

    1937 — a.k.a. Life on the Hortobagy, in 1 top list Check
  25. 324 +145

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 313 -22

    Jud Süß

    1940 — a.k.a. Jew Süss, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 158 new

    Nevinost bez zastite

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 548 -425

    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 207 +259

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 450 -247

    Fragment of Seeking

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  31. 271 +296

    Pitsi

    1946 — a.k.a. The Vow, in 1 top list Check
  32. 443 -254

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 82 +275

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 206 -151

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  35. 534 -181

    L'amore

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 122 +346

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 512 -367

    Daleká cesta

    1949 — a.k.a. Distant Journey, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 218 +377

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 15 +429

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 383 -282

    La ronde

    1950 — a.k.a. La Ronde, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 487 -286

    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 84 +233

    Limelight

    1952, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 504 +75

    L'amore in città

    1953 — a.k.a. Love in the City, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 524 new

    Martin Luther

    1953, in 1 top list Check
  45. 452 -181

    Les impures

    1954 — a.k.a. Human Cargo, in 1 top list Check
  46. 525 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 484 -346

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 326 -213

    Ensayo de un crimen

    1955 — a.k.a. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 14 +363

    Nicht mehr fliehen

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  50. 358 -339

    Et Dieu... créa la femme

    1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check
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