George Kuchar Movies

  • 1975
    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    01975HD

    Early B&W 16mm SFAI Class film by George Kuchar

    The Desperate and The Deep
  • 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
  • 2008
    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    The Crypt of Frankenstein

    02008HD

    This is the final part of a trilogy about the tribulations of Sherri Frankenstein (at least I think it's the last of these atrocities). Made with my...

    The Crypt of Frankenstein
  • 1984
    The X-People

    The X-People

    The X-People

    01984HD

    Film by George Kuchar

    The X-People
  • 1976
    George

    George

    George

    01976HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1992
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    01992HD

    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
  • 2010
    Zealots of the Zinc Zone

    Zealots of the Zinc Zone

    Zealots of the Zinc Zone

    02010HD

    This East Coast travelogue documents my journey from New York City to Boston as several screenings plunge me into a maelstrom of social excess and...

    Zealots of the Zinc Zone
  • 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
    Love Me True

    Love Me True

    Love Me True

    01989HD

    Love is in the air as newlyweds chomp on cake, brides marry werewolves, and hatchets fall on adulterous heads. Amid the real-life romance is mixed...

    Love Me True
  • 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
  • 1978
    One Night a Week

    One Night a Week

    One Night a Week

    01978HD

    Experimental short

    One Night a Week
  • 1987
    1980 Seven

    1980 Seven

    1980 Seven

    01987HD

    This piece is sort of a prologue to East by Southwest. I prepare for that trip while visiting local artists here in San Francisco. You get to see...

    1980 Seven
  • 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
  • 2013
    (ir)reverence

    (ir)reverence

    (ir)reverence

    02013HD

    "George Kuchar meets my mother."

    (ir)reverence
  • 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
  • 2009
    Solstice

    Solstice

    Solstice

    02009HD

    "Solstice is a video illustrating the feelings inspired by this holiday song written by a young man I met in Atlanta, Georgia, Andy Ditzler. My...

    Solstice
  • 1983
    Mom

    Mom

    Mom

    01983HD

    A film by George Kuchar.

    Mom
  • 1986
    Video Album 3

    Video Album 3

    Video Album 3

    01986HD

    Curt McDowell, the director, on his feet and weaving in and out of this televised tapestry with gracious grossness and Hoosier-based hospitality.

    Video Album 3