George Kuchar Movies

  • 1987
    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    01987HD

    Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The...

    Cult of the Cubicles
  • 1968
    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    01968HD

    The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film. It depicts the turbulent relationships of...

    The Mammal Palace
  • 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
  • 2008
    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

    02008HD

    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
  • 2010
    Webtide

    Webtide

    Webtide

    02010HD

    Once again a seaside serenade of sloshing oils and simmering scallops fills the crannies of Cape Cod with dingle-berries of dubious delight! Join a...

    Webtide
  • 1994
    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

    61994HD

    George spends quality time with his friends Karen and Carla in this unconventional, glitchy, collaged holiday video. HOLIDAZE filters a gift...

    Holidaze, 1994
  • 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
  • 2018
    That Woman

    That Woman

    That Woman

    02018HD

    That Woman uses as source material the original Barbara Walters interview with Monica Lewinsky, which is intercut with a re-staging of the interview....

    That Woman
  • 1991
    Weather Watch

    Weather Watch

    Weather Watch

    01991HD

    A window or two on the outside world is not enough, especially when you have such a lousy view of things as I had in this Oklahoma residential care...

    Weather Watch
  • 1989
    Precious Products

    Precious Products

    Precious Products

    01989HD

    In Precious Products we are subtly reminded of this country’s obsession with consumerism and narcissism. George, with his ever-present video-8...

    Precious Products
  • 1989
    Chili Line Stops Here

    Chili Line Stops Here

    Chili Line Stops Here

    01989HD

    A journey that begins in a Kansas City hotel and ends up in New Mexico. The bumpy ride is fuelled with libidinous juices as it lurches through...

    Chili Line Stops Here
  • 1987
    The Creeping Crimson

    The Creeping Crimson

    The Creeping Crimson

    01987HD

    A short film by George Kuchar.

    The Creeping Crimson
  • 1999
    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

    51999HD

    This three-part mini-series explores the mysterious and the mundane in a splash of digital dioramas that wipe across the screen in a cascade of...

    Secrets of the Shadow World
  • 1999
    Chigger Country

    Chigger Country

    Chigger Country

    01999HD

    Pastures filled with the bounty of a meateater's fantasy fill the screen with bellows of bovine origin as testosterone-driven madness runs rampant on...

    Chigger Country
  • 1971
    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

    51971HD

    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
  • 1989
    Migration of the Blubberoids

    Migration of the Blubberoids

    Migration of the Blubberoids

    01989HD

    "The whiteness of winter cannot bury the blubbery things that splash and frolic among the frozen memories of Heathen harvests, in a land haunted by...

    Migration of the Blubberoids
  • 1991
    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    01991HD

    The colors of fall are muted by the fog of a lingering summer and the memory of that which is dark and naked among the dappled crimson.

    Indian Summer
  • 1994
    Cellar Sinema

    Cellar Sinema

    Cellar Sinema

    01994HD

    A descent into the blackness of the projected image and the curators who flick the switches and grease up all moveable parts for hot action when the...

    Cellar Sinema
  • 1989
    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    01989HD

    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
  • 1990
    A Passage to Wetness

    A Passage to Wetness

    A Passage to Wetness

    61990HD

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

    A Passage to Wetness