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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Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
1970 — a.k.a. Even Dwarfs Started Small, in 3 top lists Check -
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 -
19 +558
Week End
1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check -
30 +26
Big Business
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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In the Clutches of the Gang
1914, in 1 top list Check -
34 +55
Capricci
1969, in 1 top list Check -
37 +55
The Cat and the Canary
1927, in 5 top lists Check -
46 +97
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
57 +415
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959, in 1 top list Check -
64 +67
Der Tod der Maria Malibran
1972 — a.k.a. The Death of Maria Malibran, in 3 top lists Check -
79 +172
Horse Feathers
1932, in 6 top lists Check -
80 +292
The Navigator
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
81 +509
Work
1915 — a.k.a. The Paperhanger, in 1 top list Check -
82 +275
Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
83 +436
Sunnyside
1919, in 4 top lists Check -
144 -90
Beyond the Law
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
169 +313
The Secret Cinema
1968, in 1 top list Check -
181 +47
Hail
1972 — a.k.a. Washington, B.C., in 1 top list Check -
191 +174
Mr. Freedom
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
192 -95
La chinoise
1967 — a.k.a. The Chinese, in 5 top lists Check -
197 +190
O Dreamland
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
209 +238
Pioniere in Ingolstadt
1971 — a.k.a. Pioneers in Ingolstadt, in 1 top list Check -
220 +134
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
221 +372
Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège
1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check -
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Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni
1969 — a.k.a. Birds, Orphans and Fools, in 3 top lists Check -
236 -118
Sedmikrásky
1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check -
238 -85
Rani radovi
1969 — a.k.a. Early Works, in 2 top lists Check -
239 -51
Horí, má panenko
1967 — a.k.a. The Firemen's Ball, in 11 top lists Check -
242 -128
Kristove roky
1967 — a.k.a. Crucial Years, in 3 top lists Check -
268 +188
O slavnosti a hostech
1966 — a.k.a. A Report on the Party and Guests, in 5 top lists Check -
270 +298
W.R. - Misterije organizma
1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check -
276 -238
Zezowate szczescie
1960 — a.k.a. Bad Luck, in 5 top lists Check -
279 -96
Le gros et le maigre
1961 — a.k.a. The Fat and the Lean, in 1 top list Check -
280 +56
Ssaki
1962 — a.k.a. Mammals, in 1 top list Check -
281 -267
Azyllo Muito Louco
1970 — a.k.a. A Very Crazy Asylum, in 1 top list Check -
287 -157
La muerte de un burócrata
1966 — a.k.a. Death of a Bureaucrat, in 5 top lists Check -
292 +191
La fórmula secreta
1965 — a.k.a. The Secret Formula, in 2 top lists Check -
297 +33
Macunaíma
1969 — a.k.a. Macunaima, in 5 top lists Check -
324 +145
La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
326 -213
Ensayo de un crimen
1955 — a.k.a. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, in 6 top lists Check -
327 +108
Putney Swope
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
333 -183
De Düva: The Dove
1968, in 1 top list Check -
336 -174
Eika Katappa
1969, in 1 top list Check -
351 +127
Buraikan
1970 — a.k.a. The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, in 1 top list Check -
352 -201
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
356 -179
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
372 -116
Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês
1971 — a.k.a. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, in 3 top lists Check -
373 -39
Les mâles
1971, in 1 top list Check -
374 +62
The Owl and the Pussycat
1970, in 1 top list Check -
382 -22
Nejkrásnejsí vek
1969, in 1 top list Check
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