George Kuchar Movies

  • 1962
    A Woman Distressed

    A Woman Distressed

    A Woman Distressed

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    An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

    A Woman Distressed
  • 2008
    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

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    An ex-student of mine opens up in the privacy of her home and shows me her etchings (watercolors) as we talk of art and things that slip under the...

    Portrait of Genie
  • 1990
    Edibile Atrocities

    Edibile Atrocities

    Edibile Atrocities

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    We are what we eat, and we talk about what we are; so, naturally, we get hungry all the time. Join my friends as we not only hear, but see what they...

    Edibile Atrocities
  • 1990
    Snap 'n Snatch

    Snap 'n Snatch

    Snap 'n Snatch

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    A sort-of music video that focuses on and under young women and men engaged in focusing video and movie cameras on other young men and women.

    Snap 'n Snatch
  • 1993
    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

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    It stands as a mecca to 16mm film, and weathers the withering breath of a shifting climate. Bundled-up in opulence and optimism, the film festival...

    Ann Arbor
  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

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    The rising moon is the main theme in this short movie of three people and an animal going about their nocturnal rituals. This movie is evidently part...

    Knocturne
  • 1964
    Anita Needs Me

    Anita Needs Me

    Anita Needs Me

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    An overheated tale of lust, guilt, and Mom, made as a response to the French New Wave.

    Anita Needs Me
  • 1988
    Terror by Twilight

    Terror by Twilight

    Terror by Twilight

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    Short film by George Kuchar.

    Terror by Twilight
  • 1986
    Video Album 2

    Video Album 2

    Video Album 2

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    The viewer meets a grab-bag of gabby folks from here and abroad as I drop by to see them or they come to my apartment for tea and sympathy. You also...

    Video Album 2
  • 2003
    Visitation Rites

    Visitation Rites

    Visitation Rites

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    Alone in an Oklahoma motel room with a mute companion, the talkative one speaks the language of memory as pussycats feast from a canned cornucopia....

    Visitation Rites
  • 2011
    HotSpell

    HotSpell

    HotSpell

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    This final weather diary travels through some rough inner and outer domains. Social interactions blend more smoothly than the clash of air masses...

    HotSpell
  • 1962
    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

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    (1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

    Sylvia’s Promise
  • 1995
    Society Slut

    Society Slut

    Society Slut

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    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
  • 2011
    The Butchered Beefcake

    The Butchered Beefcake

    The Butchered Beefcake

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    This video diary visits two sites that exhibited Kuchars visual works this past year, culminating at the VOLTA ART SHOW in N.Y.C., where he sold some...

    The Butchered Beefcake
  • 1989
    Love Me True

    Love Me True

    Love Me True

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    Love is in the air as newlyweds chomp on cake, brides marry werewolves, and hatchets fall on adulterous heads. Amid the real-life romance is mixed...

    Love Me True
  • 1985
    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

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    A very chatty array of people along with still photos and a loose-tongued cab driver, make this a leisurely stroll through my social life of several...

    Video Album 1
  • 2003
    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

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    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
  • 1986
    Video Album 3

    Video Album 3

    Video Album 3

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    Curt McDowell, the director, on his feet and weaving in and out of this televised tapestry with gracious grossness and Hoosier-based hospitality.

    Video Album 3
  • 1993
    ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE

    ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE

    ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE

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    ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
  • 2004
    A Fatal Desire

    A Fatal Desire

    A Fatal Desire

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    This melodrama, staged by me and produced with my students at the San Francisco Art Institute, follows the turbulent journey of an aspiring singer as...

    A Fatal Desire