George Kuchar Movies

  • 1962
    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    01962HD

    (1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

    Sylvia’s Promise
  • 1967
    Mosholu Holiday

    Mosholu Holiday

    Mosholu Holiday

    01967HD

    A special guest appearance by Canadian TV star Bill Ronald along with the massive presence of "Mrs. Bronx" herself, Frances Leibowitz, and her...

    Mosholu Holiday
  • 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
  • 1988
    Mecca of the Frigid

    Mecca of the Frigid

    Mecca of the Frigid

    01988HD

    George visits underground filmmaker Robert Nelson in Milwaukee, and they brave the cold on Lake Michigan.

    Mecca of the Frigid
  • 1981
    Yolanda

    Yolanda

    Yolanda

    01981HD

    A film about a housewife obsessed with the idea of a large hairy creature, 12 feet tall, with big feet. Chronicles her eventual breakdown in no...

    Yolanda
  • 1972
    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    11972HD

    An hour-long saga of Mick Terrific, rock 'n' roll star, and the cast of 50 he encounters on his search for "Mr. Wonderful." “PEED INTO THE...

    Peed Into the Wind
  • 1989
    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    01989HD

    A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion through the winter season of discontent and yuletime...

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
  • 1976
    George

    George

    George

    01976HD

    George (1976, revised in 1988) is a portrait of George Kuchar composed on a J-K optical printer with 4 scenes always running simultaneously through...

    George
  • 1995
    Society Slut

    Society Slut

    Society Slut

    01995HD

    The story of a matron and a midget in the heat of an unbridled passion. The colors run thick and heavy for paint and prurient pleasures as the...

    Society Slut
  • 1964
    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

    4.71964HD

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

    Born of the Wind
  • 1969
    Chronicles

    Chronicles

    Chronicles

    01969HD

    Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

    Chronicles
  • 1964
    Lovers of Eternity

    Lovers of Eternity

    Lovers of Eternity

    01964HD

    A lonely, bohemian poet befriends the good, the bad and the ugly in this rooftop drama set in New York's lower East side of Eden.

    Lovers of Eternity
  • 1990
    Swamp

    Swamp

    Swamp

    01990HD

    Swamp uses the soap opera format to play with the structure and expectations of the family melodrama. Following the melodramatic format that "if it...

    Swamp
  • 1967
    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

    5.71967HD

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin is a 16mm, film; directed by George Kuchar. The film is based on dealing with a poignant self-identity and the feeling of...

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
  • 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
  • 2007
    Water Sports

    Water Sports

    Water Sports

    02007HD

    A trip to the Marin headlands at the Golden Gate of San Francisco Bay headlines this video diary. The viewer gets to eves and eye drop on various...

    Water Sports
  • 1963
    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    01963HD

    An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned.

    Confessions of Babette
  • 1977
    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    61977HD

    I remember the first day of class, George brought in that column from the Utah Herald Star, the ode to the truck driver, by Dan Armstrong (?), and...

    The Asphalt Ribbon
  • 1966
    River Windows

    River Windows

    River Windows

    01966HD

    "A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the...

    River Windows
  • 2009
    Libido Lagoon

    Libido Lagoon

    Libido Lagoon

    02009HD

    This turgid potboiler was made with my class at the San Francisco Art Institute. It steam-rolls a series of overheated episodes to a colorful climax...

    Libido Lagoon