Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art
"But that the white eye-lid of the screen reflect its proper light the universe would go up in flames" ~ Luis Bunuel
"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 includes all the films discussed in the book, most of which are avant-garde, experimental, surreal and/or taboo in nature. For the dedicated and adventurous film-goer. But beware, some of these are extremely rare, have been banned, and/or never released for popular viewing, so they might well be hard to come by.
The World View of Sub. Cinema: #1-18
Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia: #19-22
Aesthetic Rebels and Rebellious Clowns: #23-72
a) Expressionism #23-33
b) Surrealism #34-49
c) Dada and Pop #50-67
d) The Comic Tradition #68-72
The Destruction of Time and Space: #73-89
The Destruction of Plot and Narrative: #90-100
The Assualt on Montage: #101-107
Triumph and Death of the Moving Camera: #108-121
a) The Camera Moves #108-112
b) Minimal Cinema #113-121
Straining Toward the Limits: #122-147
Left and Revolutionary Cinema: The West: #148-204
Left and Revolutionary Cinema: The East: #205-249
Left and Revolutionary Cinema: Third World #250-272
East Germany: Against the West #273-277
Nazi Cinema: #278-281
Secrets and Revelations: #282-313
The Attack of Puritanism: Nudity #314-325
Erotic and Pornographic Cinema: #326-368
Homosexuality and Other Variants: #369-408
Birth: #409-413
The Ultimate Secret: Death #414-449
a) Death #414-438
b) Concentration Camps #439-449
The Attack on God #450-464
Trance and Witchcraft: #465-478
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