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. 274 +310

    Sirokkó

    1969 — a.k.a. Winter Wind, in 1 top list Check
  2. 144 -90

    Beyond the Law

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 188 -107

    The Brig

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  4. 394 -236

    Echoes of Silence

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  5. 318 -278

    Feuertaufe

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  6. 11 +308

    Living in a Reversed World

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  7. 509 -426

    Motýli tady nezijí

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  8. 51 +172

    Aguaespejo granadino

    1955 — a.k.a. Water-Mirror of Granada, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 513 -252

    Bylem kapo

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  10. 34 +55

    Capricci

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  11. 172 -120

    Das Unheil

    1972 — a.k.a. Havoc, in 1 top list Check
  12. 286 -191

    Desnutrición infantil

    1969 — a.k.a. Child Undernourishment, in 1 top list Check
  13. 68 +54

    En Dag I Staden

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  14. 471 +110

    Hvorfor gør de det?

    1971 — a.k.a. Why Do They Do It?, in 1 top list Check
  15. 532 -263

    L'imitation du cinéma

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  16. 54 +277

    Magritte ou La leçon de choses

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  17. 190 +153

    Les marines

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  18. 306 +83

    O.K.

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  19. 343 -11

    Postchi

    1972 — a.k.a. The Postman, in 1 top list Check
  20. 187 +263

    Red Squad

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  21. 516 -23

    Sighet, Sighet

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  22. 225 +293

    Sunday

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  23. 249 +215

    Uloga moje porodice u svjetskoj revoluciji

    1971 — a.k.a. The Role of My Family in the Revolution, in 1 top list Check
  24. 424 +126

    Unfolding

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  25. 223 +330

    Valparaiso, Valparaiso

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  26. 277 +297

    Warszawa 1956

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  27. 67 +511

    What, Who, How

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  28. 177 -16

    8 Flags for 99¢

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  29. 104 -94

    Akran

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  30. 552 -365

    Anastenaria

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  31. 506 -475

    Archeologia

    1968 — a.k.a. Archaeology, in 1 top list Check
  32. 142 -91

    Bells of Atlantis

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 65 -4

    Black and White Burlesque

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  34. 392 -329

    Black Pudding

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  35. 298 -220

    Brazil: A Report on Torture

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  36. 486 -286

    Corrida interdite

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  37. 288 -171

    Culebra

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  38. 420 -299

    Det kære legetøj

    1968 — a.k.a. Sex and the Law, in 1 top list Check
  39. 336 -174

    Eika Katappa

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  40. 435 -365

    La fée sanguinaire

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  41. 308 +213

    Feine Spielwaren - Made in USA

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  42. 160 +39

    For Example: A Critique of Never

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  43. 94 +160

    Het huis

    1961 — a.k.a. The House, in 1 top list Check
  44. 70 +178

    Homage to Jean Tinguely's 'Homage to New York'

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  45. 474 -179

    Kirsa Nicholina

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  46. 260 +256

    Lipanjska gibanja

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  47. 373 -39

    Les mâles

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  48. 58 +533

    Le Monde de Paul Delvaux

    1946 — a.k.a. The World of Paul Delvaux, in 1 top list Check
  49. 246 +140

    Nejvetsí prání

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  50. 454 -172

    Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die...

    1971 — a.k.a. It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives, in 1 top list Check
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