George Kuchar Movies

  • 1962
    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    01962HD

    (1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

    Sylvia’s Promise
  • 1968
    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

    01968HD

    Exhausted by a sexually frustrating home life in the Bronx, portly, 65-year-old Uncle Bojo tosses aside all responsibilities, leaves his wife,...

    Unstrap Me
  • 1959
    The Thief and the Stripper

    The Thief and the Stripper

    The Thief and the Stripper

    01959HD

    (1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

    The Thief and the Stripper
  • 2009
    Mellow Magic

    Mellow Magic

    Mellow Magic

    02009HD

    The viewer is whisked through a lovely cat-house, which also includes a turtle along with the whiskered pets, and then is suddenly immersed in the...

    Mellow Magic
  • 2008
    Coven of the Heathenites

    Coven of the Heathenites

    Coven of the Heathenites

    02008HD

    A summer sojourn is fleshed out for maximum solar exposure in this video travelogue of sun, sea and epidermal exhibitionism. The states of mind and...

    Coven of the Heathenites
  • 1972
    Confessions

    Confessions

    Confessions

    61972HD

    Curt McDowell has a confession for his parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

    Confessions
  • 1989
    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

    01989HD

    The dark and sloppy side of touring college towns with your work. An internal expose of external secretions that unfortunately make it to the boob...

    500 Millibars to Ecstasy
  • 2006
    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    02006HD

    Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers
  • 1986
    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

    21986HD

    George Kuchar travels to Oklahoma in search of tornadoes, spends most of his time watching TV and eating food.

    Weather Diary 1
  • 2006
    Hitchcocked!

    Hitchcocked!

    Hitchcocked!

    02006HD

    A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

    Hitchcocked!
  • 2008
    FlashBulb Alley

    FlashBulb Alley

    FlashBulb Alley

    02008HD

    A trip to the Los Angeles film festival leads to a glamorous gauntlet of flashing smiles and flashing bulbs that add the extra “humph” to...

    FlashBulb Alley
  • 1975
    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    01975HD

    Early B&W 16mm SFAI Class film by George Kuchar

    The Desperate and The Deep
  • 1987
    Rainy Season

    Rainy Season

    Rainy Season

    01987HD

    Thanksgiving in California is the setting in which the viewer experiences "the depression inherent to festive occasions. There were many things...

    Rainy Season
  • 2008
    Spectral Delivery

    Spectral Delivery

    Spectral Delivery

    02008HD

    A volume of illustrated horrors arrives to stimulate the chatter of those who behold its weighty extravagance. The locales shift from plate to plate...

    Spectral Delivery
  • 1972
    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    11972HD

    “PEED INTO THE WIND smears across the screen like one of those dirty underground comic books. It’s loaded with a lot of big scenes and...

    Peed Into the Wind
  • 2010
    The Nutrient Express

    The Nutrient Express

    The Nutrient Express

    02010HD

    A trip to Winnipeg introduces the viewer to moments of Canadian cuisine and to the easily digestible tidbits that make up the WNDX Film/Video...

    The Nutrient Express
  • 1988
    Weather Diary 3

    Weather Diary 3

    Weather Diary 3

    4.81988HD

    Set in and around a Reno motel, the tape records George's growing friendship with a young weather expert.

    Weather Diary 3
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    01967HD

    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 2006
    Faulty Fathoms

    Faulty Fathoms

    Faulty Fathoms

    02006HD

    A wide screen portrait of people, pets and places, this Frisco based video immerses the viewer in a placid flow of images that hint of darker depths...

    Faulty Fathoms
  • 2003
    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    102003HD

    Performed by my graduate students at the San Francisco Art Institute, this one act play that I had written gets the best production values that $500...

    Kiss of Frankenstein