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The film experience -- The world view of subversive cinema -- Pt. 1. Weapons of subversion : the subversion of form. The revolutionary film avant-garde in Soviet Russia -- Aesthetic rebels and rebellious clowns. Expressionism: the cinema of unrest ; Surrealism: the cinema of shock ; Dada and Pop: anti-art? ; The comic tradition -- The destruction of time and space -- The destruction of plot and narrative -- The assault on montage -- The triumph and death of the moving camera. The camera moves ; Minimal cinema -- The devaluation of language -- Straining towards the limits. The elimination of reality ; The subversion of illusion ; The elimination of the image ; The elimination of the screen ; The elimination of the camera ; The elimination of the artist -- Pt. 2. Weapons of subversion : the subversion of content. International left and revolutionary cinema. The West: rebels, Maoists, and the new Goddard ; Subversion in Eastern Europe: Aesopian metaphors ; The Third World: a new cinema ; East Germany : against the West -- The terrible poetry of Nazi cinema -- Secrets and revelations --Pt. 3. Weapons of subversion : forbidden subjects of the cinema. The power of the visual taboo -- The

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Author

Amos Vogel

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394490786

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.41 / 5 (396 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14