George Kuchar Movies

  • 1987
    The Creeping Crimson

    The Creeping Crimson

    The Creeping Crimson

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    A short film by George Kuchar.

    The Creeping Crimson
  • 2009
    Maggots and Men

    Maggots and Men

    Maggots and Men

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    A utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors, paints a portrait of...

    Maggots and Men
  • 1977
    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

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    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
  • 1986
    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

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

    Weather Diary 1
  • 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
  • 1983
    Cattle Mutilation

    Cattle Mutilation

    Cattle Mutilation

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    Against the background of a grisly mystery, four people face a growing sense of panic and uncleanliness. Part documentary, part "cartoon," part B...

    Cattle Mutilation
  • 1978
    Symphony for a Sinner

    Symphony for a Sinner

    Symphony for a Sinner

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    Symphony for a Sinner (1979) was a long, lavishly photographed color film generally considered the magnum opus of the class productions.

    Symphony for a Sinner
  • 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
  • 2017
    Oh Hi Anne

    Oh Hi Anne

    Oh Hi Anne

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    An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in...

    Oh Hi Anne
  • 1980
    The Woman And The Dress

    The Woman And The Dress

    The Woman And The Dress

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    George Kuchar's comically grotesque look at the age-old clash of generations.

    The Woman And The Dress
  • 1971
    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

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    This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings were so empty, Jane Elford, the star, urged me to...

    Portrait of Ramona
  • 2024
    Kuchar-esque

    Kuchar-esque

    Kuchar-esque

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    A high-spirited romp through the (former) campus of San Francisco Art Institute, with two films each from George and Mike Kuchar. Features:...

    Kuchar-esque
  • 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
  • 2013
    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

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    A chronicle of the iconoclastic life of gay poet, filmmaker, and spiritual visionary James Broughton, one of the defining voices of the sexual...

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
  • 1967
    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

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    Color Me Shameless
  • 2009
    The Hairy Horror

    The Hairy Horror

    The Hairy Horror

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    A chance encounter with a sober student reveals the mystery of a woodland wonder that has left a mark on his youthful psyche just as it leaves huge...

    The Hairy Horror
  • 1987
    Insanitorium

    Insanitorium

    Insanitorium

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    The beast within and without makes an attempt to fuse with culture and the denizens of a Frankensteinian legacy.

    Insanitorium
  • 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
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

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    "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
  • 2008
    January Jubilee

    January Jubilee

    January Jubilee

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    The New Year is upon everyone in Bay City. Music plays, strangers mingle, friends get raunchy and the calories pile on as the sky comes ablaze with...

    January Jubilee