''Film as a Subversive Art'' is a fully illustrated 1974

film history The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. However, the commercial, public scr ...

book by

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with mini-essays on over 600 films.

Summary

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

Selected examples

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Titicut Follies ''Titicut Follies'' is a 1967 American direct cinema documentary film produced, written, and directed by Frederick Wiseman and filmed by John Marshall. It deals with the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, a ...

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The War Game ''The War Game'' is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath. Written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, it caused dismay within the BBC and also within government, and was subsequent ...

'' (1965) *'' 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her'' (1967) *'' W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism'' (1971) *''

She Done Him Wrong ''She Done Him Wrong'' is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. The plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Rochelle Hu ...

'' (1933) *''

Pickpocket Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A th ...

'' (1959) *'' Belle de Jour'' (1967)

Publication history

The book was published by

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; it was re-printed with a new foreword and introduction 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.Video as a Subversive Art: The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival — Senses of Cinema
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