George Kuchar Movies

  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.62007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 1990
    Rocky Interlude

    Rocky Interlude

    Rocky Interlude

    01990HD

    A trip to a barren landscape of jagged peaks and deep crevasses becomes a playground for an over-dressed hiker and his beefcake buddy as they secrete...

    Rocky Interlude
  • 1970
    Web of Fire

    Web of Fire

    Web of Fire

    01970HD

    Short film.

    Web of Fire
  • 2009
    Zombies of Zanzibar

    Zombies of Zanzibar

    Zombies of Zanzibar

    02009HD

    Made with my production class at the art asylum called the San Francisco Art Institute, this wide-screen drama of run-a-way spectacle and crazed...

    Zombies of Zanzibar
  • 2009
    Burrito Bay

    Burrito Bay

    Burrito Bay

    02009HD

    This video diary/travelogue centers on a tropical trip to Acapulco where yours truly hits both sand and surf with maximum impact. The actual movie...

    Burrito Bay
  • 1996
    Vermin of the Vortex

    Vermin of the Vortex

    Vermin of the Vortex

    01996HD

    Alienation in academia beneath the chandeliered opulence of a political correctional facility that caters to clashing cultures with chicken fajitas...

    Vermin of the Vortex
  • 2001
    Honey Bunnies on Ice

    Honey Bunnies on Ice

    Honey Bunnies on Ice

    02001HD

    A winter chill sets in making the furry residents of various dwelling places a center of affection and reflection. The images conjured up are steeped...

    Honey Bunnies on Ice
  • 1985
    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

    Ascension of the Demonoids

    41985HD

    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
  • 1991
    Scarlet Droppings

    Scarlet Droppings

    Scarlet Droppings

    61991HD

    Taped in Normal, Illinois, during the height of autumn, a snapshot of a young girl triggers a meditation on dying innocence and sizzling sausages as...

    Scarlet Droppings
  • 1966
    Leisure

    Leisure

    Leisure

    01966HD

    A dramatized social commentary with the horrifying impact of a three-hundred ton chunk of margarine.

    Leisure
  • 1983
    Cattle Mutilation

    Cattle Mutilation

    Cattle Mutilation

    7.21983HD

    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
  • 1991
    Gastronomic Getaway

    Gastronomic Getaway

    Gastronomic Getaway

    81991HD

    Writes Kuchar, "The magnificent Mono Lake becomes the centerpiece for this car trip through Yosemite National Park and the splendors of roadside...

    Gastronomic Getaway
  • 2010
    Lingo of the Lost

    Lingo of the Lost

    Lingo of the Lost

    02010HD

    This turbulent and colorful drama about the proud and the profane was made with an international group of students at the school where I've been...

    Lingo of the Lost
  • 1978
    Prescrition in Blue

    Prescrition in Blue

    Prescrition in Blue

    01978HD

    Kuchar short.

    Prescrition in Blue
  • 2003
    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

    02003HD

    "To counteract the talkie I had done with graduate student the day before, this undergrad project has no dialogue but just a steady stream of images...

    Butter Balls
  • 1962
    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

    01962HD

    The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.

    Night of the Bomb
  • 2013
    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    5.62013HD

    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
  • 2003
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Burnout

    02003HD

    A metropolis awash in electrical overdrive crashes in the heat of summer and sends a Bronxite into the clutches of a waterworld further north. It is...

    Burnout
  • 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
  • 1985
    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    01985HD

    Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along. Scenes were...

    Motel Capri