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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. 232 -231

    ...a pátý jezdec je Strach

    1965 — a.k.a. ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 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
  3. 2 +546

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 293 +196

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 60 -57

    8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  6. 479 -472

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 472 -457

    All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 384 -57

    Les amants

    1958 — a.k.a. The Lovers, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 267 -246

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 547 -525

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 62 -39

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 105 -80

    Anticipation of the Night

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 165 -132

    Arnulf Rainer

    1960, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 25 +10

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 8 +164

    Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen

    1970 — a.k.a. Even Dwarfs Started Small, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 143 -104

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 59 +149

    Bara no sôretsu

    1969 — a.k.a. Funeral Parade of Roses, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 396 -355

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 179 -137

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 322 -277

    Beauty Knows No Pain

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  21. 434 -384

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 30 +26

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 550 -493

    The Big Shave

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 436 -365

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 1 +71

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 3 +72

    Blue Moses

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 338 -104

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 89 new

    The Boston Strangler

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 116 -36

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 214 +271

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 351 +127

    Buraikan

    1970 — a.k.a. The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, in 1 top list Check
  32. 233 -205

    Byt

    1968 — a.k.a. The Flat, in 1 top list Check
  33. 447 -328

    La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung)

    1969 — a.k.a. The Damned, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 385 -295

    Casanova

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 37 +55

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 203 +304

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 437 -343

    Un chant d'amour

    1950 — a.k.a. A Song of Love, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 46 +97

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 26 +314

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 44 -24

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 87 +9

    Chinese Firedrill

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 192 -95

    La chinoise

    1967 — a.k.a. The Chinese, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 117 -18

    Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach

    1968 — a.k.a. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 440 -337

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  45. 395 -289

    Coming Apart

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  46. 372 -116

    Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês

    1971 — a.k.a. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 397 -290

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 69 +41

    Cosmic Ray

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 174 -59

    The Cry of Jazz

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 273 +222

    Csend és kiáltás

    1968 — a.k.a. Silence and Cry, in 2 top lists Check
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