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. 2 +546

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 440 -337

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 352 -201

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 364 +67

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 357 +202

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 459 -131

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 432 +74

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 122 +346

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 15 +429

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 220 +134

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 118 +418

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 206 -151

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 52 +242

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 164 +255

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 557 -179

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 451 -245

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 484 -346

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 116 -36

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 179 -137

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 525 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 324 +145

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 267 -246

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 560 -103

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 434 -384

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 32 +53

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 10 +298

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 106 -69

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 598 -84

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 587 -352

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 375 -184

    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 521 -223

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 376 -70

    The Last Picture Show

    1971, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 82 +275

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 84 +233

    Limelight

    1952, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 518 -15

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 566 -362

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 139 +357

    Tystnaden

    1963 — a.k.a. The Silence, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 92 +150

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 565 -286

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 19 +558

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 422 -1

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 207 +259

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 397 -290

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 520 -223

    Nóz w wodzie

    1962 — a.k.a. Knife in the Water, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 365 +190

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 1 +71

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 519 -137

    La notte

    1961 — a.k.a. The Night, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 523 +64

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 44 -24

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
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