Film as a Subversive Art

Film as a Subversive Art is a fully illustrated 1974 film history book by Amos Vogel with mini-essays on over 600 films.[1]

Summary

The book was a catalogue of films[2] that broke aesthetic, sexual and ideological boundaries.[3]

Selected examples

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Publication history

The book was published by Random House, New York; it was re-printed in London by C.T. Editions with a new foreword and introduction by Scott MacDonald in 2005, and again in 2021 as a "remastered" edition by The Film Desk.

Film

A documentary film of the same name about Vogel and directed by Paul Cronin was released in 2003.[7]

Bibliography
  • Vogel, Amos (2005) [1974]. Film as a Subversive Art (Reprint ed.). C.T. Editions. ISBN 0-9547071-1-7.

References
  1. Anthology Film Archives
  2. FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART: The End of Sexual Taboos — Spectacle Theater
  3. Museum of the Moving Image
  4. Amos Vogel and Film as a Subversive Art Honored with Series of 16 Iconic Films - BWW TV World
  5. The Canon of Subversion: Amos Vogel and the Films That Assailed the Art|The Village Voice
  6. Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire
  7. Video as a Subversive Art: The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival — Senses of Cinema
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