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. 252 -21

    Ruka

    1965 — a.k.a. The Hand, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 406 -199

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 147 +266

    Pas de deux

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 233 -205

    Byt

    1968 — a.k.a. The Flat, in 1 top list Check
  5. 585 -380

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 140 -1

    Symphonie diagonale

    1924 — a.k.a. Symphonie diaganale, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 141 +319

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 189 +76

    L'idée

    1932 — a.k.a. The Idea, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 588 -285

    Lapis

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 198 +153

    Short Subject

    1969 — a.k.a. Mickey Mouse in Vietnam, in 1 top list Check
  11. 257 +43

    Labirynt

    1963 — a.k.a. Labyrinth, in 1 top list Check
  12. 56 +350

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 511 -300

    Les jeux des anges

    1964 — a.k.a. The Games of Angels, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 162 +256

    Permutations

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  15. 237 -144

    Fotel

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  16. 407 -115

    Kama Sutra Rides Again

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  17. 78 +259

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  18. 150 +393

    Tup Tup

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  19. 240 -42

    Muha

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  20. 152 -87

    Blazes

    1961, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 265 +305

    Zid

    1966 — a.k.a. The Wall, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 328 -5

    Love

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  23. 101 +354

    Renaissance

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 244 +5

    Dom

    1959 — a.k.a. House, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 145 +177

    Loops

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  26. 154 -34

    Damon the Mower

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 399 -225

    Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  28. 43 -16

    Aos

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  29. 254 +160

    Idu Dani

    1969 — a.k.a. Passing Days, in 1 top list Check
  30. 72 +348

    Pianissimo

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  31. 580 -290

    Voyage en Boscavie

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  32. 536 -156

    A Note from Above

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  33. 308 +213

    Feine Spielwaren - Made in USA

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  34. 253 -77

    Wszystko jest liczba

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  35. 529 -497

    Archandel Gabriel a paní Husa

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  36. 392 -329

    Black Pudding

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  37. 73 +136

    The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  38. 245 +84

    Maszyna

    1963 — a.k.a. The Machine, in 1 top list Check
  39. 247 +170

    Per Aspera Ad Astra

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  40. 425 +66

    L'ombre de la pomme

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  41. 264 +287

    Bez Naslova

    1964 — a.k.a. Without Title, in 1 top list Check
  42. 390 -57

    Ljubite se, ne ratujte

    1971 — a.k.a. Make Love, Not War, in 1 top list Check
  43. 258 -110

    Don Kihot

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  44. 259 +120

    Nije ptica sve sto leti

    1970 — a.k.a. Not Everything That Flies Is a Bird, in 1 top list Check
  45. 49 +37

    Le cadeau

    1961 — a.k.a. The Present, in 1 top list Check
  46. 418 +66

    The Secrete of Life

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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