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. 410 -103

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 356 -179

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 457 -324

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 406 -199

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 451 -245

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 56 +350

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 584 -193

    Offon

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 170 +379

    UFO's

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  10. 154 -34

    Damon the Mower

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 128 +321

    Még kér a nép

    1972 — a.k.a. Red Psalm, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 541 -76

    Roma

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 64 +67

    Der Tod der Maria Malibran

    1972 — a.k.a. The Death of Maria Malibran, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 393 -284

    The Continuing Story of Carel and Ferd

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  15. 407 -115

    Kama Sutra Rides Again

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  16. 163 +152

    Life with Video

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  17. 134 +277

    Particle Removal Series

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  18. 421 +46

    Room Service 75

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  19. 579 -475

    Co-Co Puffs

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  20. 322 -277

    Beauty Knows No Pain

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  21. 329 -238

    The Casting

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  22. 172 -120

    Das Unheil

    1972 — a.k.a. Havoc, in 1 top list Check
  23. 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
  24. 199 new

    Palestine

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  25. 210 +252

    Robert Wall: Ex-FBI Agent

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  26. 126 +345

    Running Shadow

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  27. 453 -216

    Heat

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  28. 555 -315

    Here Comes Every Body

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  29. 533 -189

    Marjoe

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 343 -11

    Postchi

    1972 — a.k.a. The Postman, in 1 top list Check
  31. 302 +126

    Prata Palomares

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  32. 187 +263

    Red Squad

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  33. 211 +262

    San Michele aveva un gallo

    1972 — a.k.a. St. Michael Had a Rooster, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 263 +265

    La tecnica e il rito

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  35. 496 +89

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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