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 edit
The book was a catalogue of films[2] that broke aesthetic, sexual and ideological boundaries.[3]
Selected examples edit
- Titicut Follies (1967)
- The War Game (1965)
- 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Belle de Jour (1967)
Publication history edit
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 edit
A documentary film of the same name about Vogel and directed by Paul Cronin was released in 2003.[7]
Bibliography edit
- Vogel, Amos (2005) [1974]. Film as a Subversive Art (Reprint ed.). C.T. Editions. ISBN 0-9547071-1-7.
References edit
- ^ Anthology Film Archives
- ^ FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART: The End of Sexual Taboos — Spectacle Theater
- ^ Museum of the Moving Image
- ^ Amos Vogel and Film as a Subversive Art Honored with Series of 16 Iconic Films - BWW TV World
- ^ The Canon of Subversion: Amos Vogel and the Films That Assailed the Art|The Village Voice
- ^ Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91|IndieWire
- ^ Video as a Subversive Art: The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival — Senses of Cinema