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. 232 -231

    ...a pátý jezdec je Strach

    1965 — a.k.a. ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 215 -213

    12-12-42

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  3. 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
  4. 2 +546

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  5. 360 -25

    6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  6. 293 +196

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 177 -16

    8 Flags for 99¢

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  8. 60 -57

    8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  9. 285 -255

    Acerca de un personaje que unos llaman San...

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  10. 479 -472

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 323 new

    Acupuncture Anaesthesia

    1972, in 1 top list
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  12. 51 +172

    Aguaespejo granadino

    1955 — a.k.a. Water-Mirror of Granada, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 104 -94

    Akran

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  14. 85 -74

    Aktion 540

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  15. 309 -297

    Aktion J

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  16. 472 -457

    All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 573 -557

    Allures

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 384 -57

    Les amants

    1958 — a.k.a. The Lovers, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 552 -365

    Anastenaria

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  20. 267 -246

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 547 -525

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 62 -39

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 105 -80

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 43 -16

    Aos

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  25. 574 -545

    Apotheosis

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  26. 529 -497

    Archandel Gabriel a paní Husa

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  27. 506 -475

    Archeologia

    1968 — a.k.a. Archaeology, in 1 top list Check
  28. 165 -132

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 25 +10

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 480 -444

    The Atom Strikes!

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  31. 8 +164

    Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen

    1970 — a.k.a. Even Dwarfs Started Small, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 281 -267

    Azyllo Muito Louco

    1970 — a.k.a. A Very Crazy Asylum, in 1 top list Check
  33. 143 -104

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 59 +149

    Bara no sôretsu

    1969 — a.k.a. Funeral Parade of Roses, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 396 -355

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 179 -137

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 322 -277

    Beauty Knows No Pain

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  38. 378 -331

    The Bed

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 473 -424

    The Beginning of Life

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  40. 434 -384

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 142 -91

    Bells of Atlantis

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 462 -50

    Besonders wertvoll

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  43. 146 -93

    Between Two Worlds

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  44. 144 -90

    Beyond the Law

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 264 +287

    Bez Naslova

    1964 — a.k.a. Without Title, in 1 top list Check
  46. 30 +26

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Big Shave

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 481 -422

    Birth and Death

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  49. 551 -491

    Bitter Grapes

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  50. 65 -4

    Black and White Burlesque

    1960, in 1 top list Check
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