George Kuchar Movies

  • 1992
    George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth

    George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth

    George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth

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    As a video journal shot by George Kuchar’s students in his Underground Drama class at the San Francisco Art Institute, George Kuchar Goes to...

    George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
  • 2011
    HotSpell

    HotSpell

    HotSpell

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    This final weather diary travels through some rough inner and outer domains. Social interactions blend more smoothly than the clash of air masses...

    HotSpell
  • 1993
    Andy's House of Gary

    Andy's House of Gary

    Andy's House of Gary

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    A young painter, and his somewhat slower roommate, talk of paranormal occurrences in a room of charcoal canvasses and ephemeral renderings. Eavesdrop...

    Andy's House of Gary
  • 1993
    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

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    It stands as a mecca to 16mm film, and weathers the withering breath of a shifting climate. Bundled-up in opulence and optimism, the film festival...

    Ann Arbor
  • 1988
    Xmas 1987 New Years

    Xmas 1987 New Years

    Xmas 1987 New Years

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    A sweet and savory journey in the company of George traveling from Christmas to New Years, stopping for snacks, drinks, and pets.

    Xmas 1987 New Years
  • 1967
    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin

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    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin is a 16mm, film; directed by George Kuchar. The film is based on dealing with a poignant self-identity and the feeling of...

    Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
  • 1992
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

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    A voyage through a California Christmas that begins in the turd-smeared streets of San Francisco and ends in a botanical wonder of ethnic endurance...

    Pilgrimage
  • 1989
    Weather Diary 5

    Weather Diary 5

    Weather Diary 5

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    A man and a hotel room. One of the best of the series. Writes Kuchar: "Set in central Oklahoma during May, I spend 3 weeks in a motel and get talked...

    Weather Diary 5
  • 1997
    Law of Desire

    Law of Desire

    Law of Desire

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    The story of Trelita, a Chicana sex worker with an abusive boss and a dead boyfriend (who she may or may not have murdered). It is the second episode...

    Law of Desire
  • 2004
    Supercell

    Supercell

    Supercell

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    Clouds abound in this short meditation on vaporous masses that flow across the borders of our windowpanes, leaving in their wake the wreckage of...

    Supercell
  • 1967
    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

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    Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together....

    Color Me Shameless
  • 2010
    Jewel of Jeopardy

    Jewel of Jeopardy

    Jewel of Jeopardy

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    Linda Martinez stars in this sequel to the horror series, which relishes in colorful detail the misadventures of Sherry Frankenstein. Made with my...

    Jewel of Jeopardy
  • 1995
    The Unclean

    The Unclean

    The Unclean

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    A carload of trouble embarks on a journey few will survive in this horror tale of ancient evil permeating some acreage in upstate New York. Shot on...

    The Unclean
  • 1978
    One Night a Week

    One Night a Week

    One Night a Week

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    Experimental short

    One Night a Week
  • 1988
    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

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    In Kuchar’s unique video-diary style, we experience the artist negotiating awkwardly with domestic settings, a party and a short trip to the...

    We, the Normal
  • 2013
    (ir)reverence

    (ir)reverence

    (ir)reverence

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    "George Kuchar meets my mother."

    (ir)reverence
  • 2003
    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

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    "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
  • 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
  • 1976
    George

    George

    George

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    George (1976, revised in 1988) is a portrait of George Kuchar composed on a J-K optical printer with 4 scenes always running simultaneously through...

    George
  • 1992
    Impaction of the Igneous

    Impaction of the Igneous

    Impaction of the Igneous

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    Writes Kuchar, "Yellowstone National Park is the destination on this tape, but side trips are taken to hot spots in Idaho, including a museum to...

    Impaction of the Igneous