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. 44 -24

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 86 +264

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 221 +372

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 556 -303

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 123 -89

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 171 -166

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 147 +266

    Pas de deux

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 599 new

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 193 +109

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 482 -414

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 477 +106

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 252 -21

    Ruka

    1965 — a.k.a. The Hand, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 437 -343

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 479 -472

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 143 -104

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 550 -493

    The Big Shave

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 563 -290

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 151 +211

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 30 +26

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 233 -205

    Byt

    1968 — a.k.a. The Flat, in 1 top list Check
  21. 443 -254

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 475 -45

    The Private Life of a Cat

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  23. 69 +41

    Cosmic Ray

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 585 -380

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 499 -38

    Yûkoku

    1966 — a.k.a. Patriotism, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 299 +84

    Now

    1965, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 573 -557

    Allures

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 543 -120

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 492 -128

    A Movie

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 333 -183

    De Düva: The Dove

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  31. 592 -117

    Samadhi

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 140 -1

    Symphonie diagonale

    1924 — a.k.a. Symphonie diaganale, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 493 -118

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 399 -225

    Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  35. 293 +196

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 198 +153

    Short Subject

    1969 — a.k.a. Mickey Mouse in Vietnam, in 1 top list Check
  37. 51 +172

    Aguaespejo granadino

    1955 — a.k.a. Water-Mirror of Granada, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 156 +71

    H2O

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 62 -39

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 275 +271

    Dwaj ludzie z szafa

    1958 — a.k.a. Two Men and a Wardrobe, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 588 -285

    Lapis

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 91 +128

    God is Dog Spelled Backwards

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  43. 101 +354

    Renaissance

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 83 +436

    Sunnyside

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 511 -300

    Les jeux des anges

    1964 — a.k.a. The Games of Angels, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 278 -254

    Gdy spadaja anioly

    1959 — a.k.a. When Angels Fall, in 1 top list Check
  47. 145 +177

    Loops

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  48. 167 +203

    N.Y., N.Y.

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  49. 265 +305

    Zid

    1966 — a.k.a. The Wall, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 173 -111

    Black Panthers

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
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