George Kuchar Movies

  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

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    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 2011
    Empire of Evil

    Empire of Evil

    Empire of Evil

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    Students of the San Francisco Art Institute clearly enjoy acting out Kuchar’s idiosynchratic film noir satire. Combining a love triangle with...

    Empire of Evil
  • 2009
    Jamboree Journey

    Jamboree Journey

    Jamboree Journey

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    In this wide-screen travelogue the viewer shares in the excitement of a Texas film festival, the cuisine of the not so rich and famous, and the...

    Jamboree Journey
  • 1965
    Sins of the Fleshapoids

    Sins of the Fleshapoids

    Sins of the Fleshapoids

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    One million years in the future, the human survivors of a nuclear war are served by robots called "fleshapoids." One day, fleshapoid Xar runs wild,...

    Sins of the Fleshapoids
  • 1980
    Taboo: The Single and the LP

    Taboo: The Single and the LP

    Taboo: The Single and the LP

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    Blend of documentary and domestic melodrama featuring a series of sexually charged vignettes inspired by a piece of toilet graffiti. Preserved by...

    Taboo: The Single and the LP
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2005
    George Kuchar: An Interview

    George Kuchar: An Interview

    George Kuchar: An Interview

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    Since the 1980s, Kuchar has been creating brilliantly edited, hilarious, and often diaristic tapes made with dime-store props and not-so-special...

    George Kuchar: An Interview
  • 1990
    The Warming of the Hell House

    The Warming of the Hell House

    The Warming of the Hell House

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    A trip across the bay to Concord yields a harvest of non-fruit-like beings who celebrate a housewarming that simmers with macho machinations and...

    The Warming of the Hell House
  • 1988
    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

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    In Kuchar’s unique video-diary style, we experience the artist negotiating awkwardly with domestic settings, a party and a short trip to the...

    We, the Normal
  • 2008
    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

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    Made at the San Francisco Art Institute with my students, this tuneful picture transports the viewer to the planet Mars as three attractive teens...

    Orphans of the Cosmos
  • 1999
    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

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    This three-part mini-series explores the mysterious and the mundane in a splash of digital dioramas that wipe across the screen in a cascade of...

    Secrets of the Shadow World
  • 1985
    Sparkle's Tavern

    Sparkle's Tavern

    Sparkle's Tavern

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    Siblings hide their ownership of a bordello from their mother. When she is visited by a man who shares the joys of sexual enlightenment with her, her...

    Sparkle's Tavern
  • 1994
    Route 666

    Route 666

    Route 666

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    In a motel room, things start to get alive.

    Route 666
  • 2004
    Electrocute Your Stars

    Electrocute Your Stars

    Electrocute Your Stars

    62004HD

    In this dream portrait, George Kuchar travels through snow confetti, strobe flashes and artificial wind as he describes his weather diaries. Then,...

    Electrocute Your Stars
  • 1957
    The Naked and the Nude

    The Naked and the Nude

    The Naked and the Nude

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    Big…Rousing…Memorable! The incredible war saga of our own boys in a Jap-infested jungle in the Botanical Gardens. Hear Lloyd Thorner...

    The Naked and the Nude
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

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    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1985
    Screamplay

    Screamplay

    Screamplay

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    A talented writer, Edgar Allen, arrives in Hollywood with big dreams but is quickly pulled into a world of madness and depravity. A detective...

    Screamplay
  • 1964
    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

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    A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

    Born of the Wind
  • 1978
    Forever and Always

    Forever and Always

    Forever and Always

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    Experimental short by George Kuchar

    Forever and Always