Mike Kuchar Movies

The stimulus for this dissertation on the reason behind the creative impulse is taken verbatim from an author's preface to his book.

A moving tribute to New York icon Mike Kuchar, filmed on his last day before leaving Manhattan to relocate to San Francisco

High above the far horizon, a beacon burns cold, bright and calm.

An evocative 16mm short shot during a visit to Nepal.

With lashings of humour and affection, this much-loved filmmaker and his students create a wonderful journey from the chaos of hell to the paradise...

Two strippers decide a walk in the park might lift their spirits, which do get a big boost when they contemplate a park monument dedicated to sailors...

Looney thespians run amok in a classroom.

OverRiped words from the lips of an OverExposed boy decorates this litany in pink with purple bruises.

A mother and daughter, both dressed in "shocking pink", clash over men and money.

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

Waiting to die and waiting to live is the same thing to him that chants: "Let me not be mad... let me not be MAD... LET ME NOT BE MAD!"

Playwright and performance artist Marc Arthur paves a color-saturated path from 'awake consciousness' to sleeping 'dreamscape'.

A woman discovers her husband cheating.

Although too long by half, this documentary is subtitled "A Trip Through Lotti's Life" and that is essentially what it is. Although done in a style...

Videomaker and spoken word performer David Finkelstein sleepwalks down into subconscious corridors.

Things "go bump in broad daylight" as archetypical characters romp about in a sunny forest...doll like things and beast men.

The Vagabond...what does he seek? - ask the River, ask the Wind - but don't ask Him!

A bunch of Punk Rockers puke up all sorts of stuff.

A topsy-turvy romp.