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. 357 +202

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 165 -132

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 410 -103

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 44 -24

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 116 -36

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 164 +255

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 1 +71

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 396 -355

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 364 +67

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  13. 121 +455

    Wavelength

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 557 -179

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 206 -151

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 10 +298

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 432 +74

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 15 +429

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 151 +211

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 356 -179

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 444 -252

    Flaming Creatures

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 52 +242

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 267 -246

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 324 +145

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 598 -84

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 19 +558

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 560 -103

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 29 +448

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 521 -223

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 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
  31. 436 -365

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 118 +418

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 459 -131

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 220 +134

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 106 -69

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 587 -352

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 236 -118

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 314 +226

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 457 -324

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 406 -199

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 525 new

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 32 +53

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 528 -519

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 92 +150

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 86 +264

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 446 -317

    Morte a Venezia

    1971 — a.k.a. Death in Venice, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 179 -137

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 381 +3

    No. 4

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  49. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 566 -362

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
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