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. 165 -132

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 44 -24

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 151 +211

    Mothlight

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 359 +46

    Otmar Bauer Zeigt

    1969 — a.k.a. Vomit-Action, in 1 top list Check
  5. 436 -365

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 466 -196

    Unverschamtheit im Grunewald

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  7. 464 +41

    Sodoma

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  8. 86 +264

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 537 -195

    Maria-Empfängnis-Aktion Hermann Nitsch

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  10. 381 +3

    No. 4

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  11. 360 -25

    6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  12. 221 +372

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 500 -1

    Sirius Remembered

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 152 -87

    Blazes

    1961, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 511 -300

    Les jeux des anges

    1964 — a.k.a. The Games of Angels, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 78 +259

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  17. 123 -89

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 141 +319

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 479 -472

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 437 -343

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 585 -380

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 377 -148

    Studie II: Hallucinationer

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  23. 143 -104

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 539 -96

    Rape

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  25. 247 +170

    Per Aspera Ad Astra

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  26. 455 -129

    Lovemaking

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 477 +106

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 56 +350

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 405 +97

    Smart Alec

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  30. 105 -80

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 584 -193

    Offon

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 140 -1

    Symphonie diagonale

    1924 — a.k.a. Symphonie diaganale, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 43 -16

    Aos

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  34. 102 +402

    Smoking

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  35. 280 +56

    Ssaki

    1962 — a.k.a. Mammals, in 1 top list Check
  36. 443 -254

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 465 new

    Scheiss-Kerl

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  38. 39 +525

    Visual Training

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  39. 244 +5

    Dom

    1959 — a.k.a. House, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 155 +40

    The Flicker

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 62 -39

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 380 -183

    Fly

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  43. 153 -89

    Black TV

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 3 +72

    Blue Moses

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 439 -287

    Cybele

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  46. 193 +109

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 55 +311

    Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 137 +333

    Runaway

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  49. 462 -50

    Besonders wertvoll

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  50. 30 +26

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
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