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. 1 +71

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 6 +153

    L'eclisse

    1962 — a.k.a. Eclipse, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 7 +280

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 8 +164

    Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen

    1970 — a.k.a. Even Dwarfs Started Small, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 9 +209

    Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter

    1972 — a.k.a. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 10 +298

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 12 +334

    Masculin féminin

    1966 — a.k.a. Masculine-Feminine, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 14 +363

    Nicht mehr fliehen

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  9. 15 +429

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 17 +530

    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 19 +558

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 21 +63

    Po zakonu

    1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 22 +493

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 23 +131

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 24 +488

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 25 +10

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 27 +142

    Konets Sankt-Peterburga

    1927 — a.k.a. The End of St. Petersburg, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 28 +362

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  19. 29 +448

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 33 +93

    Kôshikei

    1968 — a.k.a. Death by Hanging, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 34 +55

    Capricci

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  22. 35 +372

    Nostra signora dei turchi

    1968 — a.k.a. Our Lady of the Turks, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 36 +273

    Feu Mathias Pascal

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 38 +74

    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 40 +525

    Viva la muerte

    1971 — a.k.a. Long Live Death, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 59 +149

    Bara no sôretsu

    1969 — a.k.a. Funeral Parade of Roses, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 64 +67

    Der Tod der Maria Malibran

    1972 — a.k.a. The Death of Maria Malibran, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 82 +275

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 84 +233

    Limelight

    1952, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 89 new

    The Boston Strangler

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 92 +150

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 96 +272

    Muriel ou le temps d'un retour

    1963 — a.k.a. Muriel, or the Time of Return, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 97 -30

    Le sang d'un poète

    1932 — a.k.a. The Blood of a Poet, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 98 +176

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 104 -94

    Akran

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  37. 106 -69

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 108 +29

    Détruire dit-elle

    1969 — a.k.a. Destroy, She Said, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 109 +236

    Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d'un film...

    1964 — a.k.a. Une Femme Mariée, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 110 +37

    Don Giovanni

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  41. 113 +180

    Katzelmacher

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 115 -67

    Prima della rivoluzione

    1964 — a.k.a. Before the Revolution, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 116 -36

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 119 +329

    Csillagosok, katonák

    1967 — a.k.a. The Red and the White, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 120 +424

    Twice a Man

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 122 +346

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 125 +180

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 128 +321

    Még kér a nép

    1972 — a.k.a. Red Psalm, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 129 +428

    Varieté

    1925 — a.k.a. Variety, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 131 +54

    Un film

    1970, in 1 top list Check
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