Film as a Subversive Art

Amos Vogel’s seminal book Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974 and, in Vogel’s own words, detailed, “the accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored.” It is now available again in this newly restored edition, in which hundreds of errors have been corrected. Accompanied by over three hundred rare film stills, newly sourced and re-scanned for this edition.

This revised edition of the book edited by Jim Colvill and Herb Shellenberger. New foreword by Herb Shellenberger.

“Amos Vogel is the moral conscience of the world of cinema.”—Werner Herzog

“One of the great pioneers of the avant-garde film.”—Yoko Ono

“The man was a giant.”—Martin Scorsese