George Kuchar Movies

  • 2008
    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

    Orphans of the Cosmos

    02008HD

    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
  • 2003
    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    Kiss of Frankenstein

    102003HD

    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
  • 1989
    The Web of Doctor Satan

    The Web of Doctor Satan

    The Web of Doctor Satan

    01989HD

    Another San Francisco Art Insitute class movie by George Kuchar

    The Web of Doctor Satan
  • 1964
    Lust for Ecstasy

    Lust for Ecstasy

    Lust for Ecstasy

    01964HD

    “LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I...

    Lust for Ecstasy
  • 1997
    The Inmate

    The Inmate

    The Inmate

    01997HD

    The splendor of a mountain lake is clouded by the musings of a brain in memory mode. The head relives the heartbreak of suburbia and the vacancies...

    The Inmate
  • 2010
    Room 666

    Room 666

    Room 666

    02010HD

    Twenty-five years of marriage 'down the drain'!!

    Room 666
  • 1977
    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    61977HD

    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
  • 1996
    Uncle Evil

    Uncle Evil

    Uncle Evil

    01996HD

    The young and the innocent at the mercy of a palpable presence oozing menace and scarlet-stained goodness as a strawberry sundae melts under the...

    Uncle Evil
  • 2009
    Art Space

    Art Space

    Art Space

    02009HD

    A brief trip to the Miami '09 art festival was the moving (or swimming) force to instigate this travelogue. There are some bathing sequences...

    Art Space
  • 1972
    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    11972HD

    “PEED INTO THE WIND smears across the screen like one of those dirty underground comic books. It’s loaded with a lot of big scenes and...

    Peed Into the Wind
  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    01968HD

    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
  • 1977
    George and Mike Kuchar

    George and Mike Kuchar

    George and Mike Kuchar

    01977HD

    George and Mike Kuchar
  • 2000
    Cyclone Alley Ceramics

    Cyclone Alley Ceramics

    Cyclone Alley Ceramics

    52000HD

    Holed up in a Oklahoma motel room, George Kuchar witnesses the tornado-conjuring power of a talking ceramic figurine.

    Cyclone Alley Ceramics
  • 1994
    The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops

    The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops

    The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops

    01994HD

    A portrait of a French scientist and author who explores the heavens above and beyond the call of duty. A man unafraid to turn over the rocks that...

    The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
  • 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
  • 1956
    A Tub Named Desire

    A Tub Named Desire

    A Tub Named Desire

    01956HD

    "A Tub Named Desire," the first movie with Donna Kerness, does not exist anymore, except for one 8mm print that was in George Kuchar's possession....

    A Tub Named Desire
  • 1994
    Dingleberry Jingles

    Dingleberry Jingles

    Dingleberry Jingles

    01994HD

    In Dingleberry Jingles, George discusses all things Christmas with his cat, attends a wedding, and of course indulges in a holiday delicacy or two.

    Dingleberry Jingles
  • 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
    Libido Lagoon

    Libido Lagoon

    Libido Lagoon

    02009HD

    This turgid potboiler was made with my class at the San Francisco Art Institute. It steam-rolls a series of overheated episodes to a colorful climax...

    Libido Lagoon
  • 1979
    Blips

    Blips

    Blips

    01979HD

    16mm film by George Kuchar.

    Blips