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
  • 2007
    The Ghost of Dr Foo

    The Ghost of Dr Foo

    The Ghost of Dr Foo

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    A sweeping saga of an evil matriarch and her march to infamy as she invades the hearts and souls of those organs and entities that reside in the male...

    The Ghost of Dr Foo
  • 1968
    Encyclopedia of the Blessed

    Encyclopedia of the Blessed

    Encyclopedia of the Blessed

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    " ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLESSED culminates my involvement with artist Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It is a diary of our work as we head for the Pacific...

    Encyclopedia of the Blessed
  • 2010
    Eat My Makeup!

    Eat My Makeup!

    Eat My Makeup!

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    With George Kuchar, Marie Losier, Jason Livingston, Paul Shepard. Five winsome damsels picnic on the roof of a warehouse in charming Long Island...

    Eat My Makeup!
  • 2001
    Arizona Byways

    Arizona Byways

    Arizona Byways

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    A cactus-strewn desert becomes the backdrop for this series of filmic stopovers. Great natural beauty clashes with manufactured outdoorsmanship, as a...

    Arizona Byways
  • 1985
    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

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    George Kuchar received his only funding grant for this film ($20,000 from the NEA), and so, freed from the usual financial restraints, he was...

    Ascension of the Demonoids
  • 1987
    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

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    The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with...

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People
  • 1990
    A Passage to Wetness

    A Passage to Wetness

    A Passage to Wetness

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    An island. A mountain. A City of Angels who scoop up the pellets dropped by other winged creatures.

    A Passage to Wetness
  • 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
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1989
    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

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    A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct with my students at the San Francisco Art...

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
  • 1976
    The Apparition

    The Apparition

    The Apparition

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    A full production: sync-sound drama with cast, crew, color neg., and 16mm wide screen cut-off (normal projector and lens). My intention was to follow...

    The Apparition
  • 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
  • 1991
    Foto Spread

    Foto Spread

    Foto Spread

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    A photographer comes to my home to take pictures and gets a lensful. His mouth and his shutter snap away as I aim my finest attributes at his cold...

    Foto Spread
  • 1967
    The Craven Sluck

    The Craven Sluck

    The Craven Sluck

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    A desperate, married woman meets a mysterious man who she blatantly desires. Through some twists and turns, things do not go over as well as she...

    The Craven Sluck
  • 1966
    River Windows

    River Windows

    River Windows

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    "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
  • 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
  • 1990
    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

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    A portrait of Marion Eaton, film and stage actress, etched with a green thumb and a brown nose.

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
  • 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
  • 1989
    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

    500 Millibars to Ecstasy

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    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