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. 352 -201

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 432 +74

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 220 +134

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 587 -352

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 324 +145

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 236 -118

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 19 +558

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 82 +275

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 518 -15

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 356 -179

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 396 -355

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 553 -331

    Ohayô

    1959 — a.k.a. Good Morning, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 544 -47

    Simón del desierto

    1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 528 -519

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 221 +372

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 80 +292

    The Navigator

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 239 -51

    Horí, má panenko

    1967 — a.k.a. The Firemen's Ball, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 79 +172

    Horse Feathers

    1932, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 391 -28

    Lásky jedné plavovlásky

    1965 — a.k.a. The Loves of a Blonde, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 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
  22. 541 -76

    Roma

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 554 new

    La grande bouffe

    1973 — a.k.a. La Grande Bouffe, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 406 -199

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 526 -174

    La voie lactée

    1969 — a.k.a. The Milky Way, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 192 -95

    La chinoise

    1967 — a.k.a. The Chinese, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 270 +298

    W.R. - Misterije organizma

    1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 326 -213

    Ensayo de un crimen

    1955 — a.k.a. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 8 +164

    Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen

    1970 — a.k.a. Even Dwarfs Started Small, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 386 -254

    Il Decameron

    1971 — a.k.a. The Decameron, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 30 +26

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 327 +108

    Putney Swope

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 423 +69

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 268 +188

    O slavnosti a hostech

    1966 — a.k.a. A Report on the Party and Guests, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 287 -157

    La muerte de un burócrata

    1966 — a.k.a. Death of a Bureaucrat, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 543 -120

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 577 -531

    Tretya meshchanskaya

    1927 — a.k.a. Bed and Sofa, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 333 -183

    De Düva: The Dove

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  39. 297 +33

    Macunaíma

    1969 — a.k.a. Macunaima, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 37 +55

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 234 -176

    Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni

    1969 — a.k.a. Birds, Orphans and Fools, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 372 -116

    Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês

    1971 — a.k.a. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 191 +174

    Mr. Freedom

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 495 -170

    The Loved One

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 83 +436

    Sunnyside

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 276 -238

    Zezowate szczescie

    1960 — a.k.a. Bad Luck, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 197 +190

    O Dreamland

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 527 -64

    Ro.Go.Pa.G.

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 442 -301

    Shinjuku dorobô nikki

    1969 — a.k.a. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, in 1 top list Check
  50. 457 -324

    Deep Throat

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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