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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-

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1.
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Blue Moses (1962)
by Stan Brakhage
 
2.
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Canyon (1971)
by Jon Jost
 
3.
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Disorder [desordre] (1955)
by Jacques Baratier
 
4. L'Eclisse - Criterion Collection
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
5. La Jetee/Sans Soleil  
6. Even Dwarfs Started Small
by Werner Herzog
 
7.
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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
by Wim Wenders
 
8. Last Year at Marienbad
by Alain Resnais
 
9.
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Living in a Reversed World
by Theodor Wrismann, Ivo Kohler
 
10. Masculin Feminin - Criterion Collection
by Jean-Luc Godard
 
11.
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Nothing Happened This Morning (1965)
by David Bienstock
 
12.
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No More Fleeing [Nicht Mehr Fliehen] (1955)
by Herbert Vesely
 
13. Rashomon
by Akira Kurosawa
 
14.
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Relativity (1966)
by Ed Emshwiller
 
15. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Jean-Luc Godard
 
16.
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Zorn's Lemma
by Hollis Frampton
 
17. Weekend (Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import)
by Jean-Luc Godard
 
18.
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Why Not (1970)
by S. Arakawa
 
19. Strike
by Sergei M. Eisenstein
 
20.
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Zemlya (Earth)
by Aleksandr Dovzhenko
 
21. Storm over Asia
by Vsevolod Pudovkin
 
22. Man With the Movie Camera
by Dziga Vertov
 
23. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
by Robert Wiene
 
24.
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Death by Hanging (Koshikei) (1968)
by Nagisa Oshima
 
25.
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Capricci
by Carmelo Bene
 
26. Our Lady of the Turks / Hermitage ( Nostra signora dei turchi ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Italy ]
by Carmelo Bene
 
27.
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The Late Mathias Pascal
by Marcel L'Herbier
 
28. The Cat and the Canary (Special Edition)
by Paul Leni
 
29. The Cremator
by Juraj Herz
 
30.
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Visual Training (1969)
by Frans Zwartjes
 
31. Viva La Muerte (Ws Sub)  
32.
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The Liberation of Mannique (1971)
by Steve Arnold
 
33.
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The Reality of Karel Appel [De Werkelijkheid Van Karel Appel] (1962)
by Jan Vrijman
 
34.
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Aos (1964)
by Yoki Kuri
 
35. Un Chien Andalou  
36. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - Criterion Collection
by Luis Buñuel
 
37.
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Eaten Horizon [Spiste Horisonter] (1950)
by Wilhelm Freddie
 
38.
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An Eater (1963)
by Kazutomo Fuzino
 
39.
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The Gift [La Cadeau] (1961)
by Jacques Vausseur, Dick Roberts
 
40.
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The Church Bell [La Cloche] (1964)
by Jean L'Hote
 
41.
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La Gran Siguriya (1955)
by Jose Val Del Omar
 
42.
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Runs Good (1971)
by Pat O'Neill
 
43. Magritte: Monsieur Rene Magritte
by Luc de Heusch
 
44.
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Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur (1949)
by Sidney Peterson
 
45.
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Our Lady of the Sphere
by Larry Jordan
 
46.
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
by Richard Lester, Peter Sellers
 
47.
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The World of Paul Delvaux [Le Monde De Paul Delvaux] (1947)
by Henri Storck
 
48.
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The Lead Shoes (1949)
by Sidney Peterson
 
49.
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Anemic Cinema
by Marcel Duchamp
 
50.
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A La Mode (1961)
by Stan Vanderbeek
 
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Created by Dreda457 on Jun 11, 2009.