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. 52 +242

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 396 -355

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 29 +448

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 544 -47

    Simón del desierto

    1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 97 -30

    Le sang d'un poète

    1932 — a.k.a. The Blood of a Poet, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 270 +298

    W.R. - Misterije organizma

    1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 437 -343

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 233 -205

    Byt

    1968 — a.k.a. The Flat, in 1 top list Check
  10. 297 +33

    Macunaíma

    1969 — a.k.a. Macunaima, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 234 -176

    Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni

    1969 — a.k.a. Birds, Orphans and Fools, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 334 -164

    Dreams That Money Can Buy

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 88 +61

    The Door in the Wall

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  14. 532 -263

    L'imitation du cinéma

    1960, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Mar 26, 2024 by joachimt; source