Movies

  • 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
  • 1985
    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

    01985HD

    A very chatty array of people along with still photos and a loose-tongued cab driver, make this a leisurely stroll through my social life of several...

    Video Album 1
  • 2004
    A Fatal Desire

    A Fatal Desire

    A Fatal Desire

    102004HD

    This melodrama, staged by me and produced with my students at the San Francisco Art Institute, follows the turbulent journey of an aspiring singer as...

    A Fatal Desire
  • 2008
    Seaside Show

    Seaside Show

    Seaside Show

    102008HD

    Waves crash on rocks as tongues flap in the wind about all things cinematic. People chirp and chew in various states of dress and undress as the...

    Seaside Show
  • 1994
    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

    7.51994HD

    George spends quality time with his friends Karen and Carla in this unconventional, glitchy, collaged holiday video. HOLIDAZE filters a gift...

    Holidaze, 1994
  • 2006
    Holiday Hang Ups

    Holiday Hang Ups

    Holiday Hang Ups

    02006HD

    The annual holiday video is off and swinging with this foray into festive chatter and explosive fireworks. Sweet treats are served up along with ice...

    Holiday Hang Ups
  • 2009
    Acid Redux

    Acid Redux

    Acid Redux

    02009HD

    George Kuchar’s Acid Redux is a raucous journey into the murky domains of mysticism and liminality. Featuring zombie seductresses, erotic...

    Acid Redux
  • 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
  • 2008
    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

    Portrait of Genie

    02008HD

    An ex-student of mine opens up in the privacy of her home and shows me her etchings (watercolors) as we talk of art and things that slip under the...

    Portrait of Genie
  • 1988
    Low Light Life

    Low Light Life

    Low Light Life

    01988HD

    Shot in low-light style, Kuchar documents his experiences with various underground filmmakers such as James Broughton and Ken Jacobs, then moves on...

    Low Light Life
  • 1987
    Insanitorium

    Insanitorium

    Insanitorium

    81987HD

    The beast within and without makes an attempt to fuse with culture and the denizens of a Frankensteinian legacy.

    Insanitorium
  • 1992
    Going Nowhere

    Going Nowhere

    Going Nowhere

    81992HD

    Writes Kuchar: "It was my 50th birthday this year (1992) and my friend's birthday, so I explored our position in time and dusty place with a...

    Going Nowhere
  • 2003
    Visitation Rites

    Visitation Rites

    Visitation Rites

    02003HD

    Alone in an Oklahoma motel room with a mute companion, the talkative one speaks the language of memory as pussycats feast from a canned cornucopia....

    Visitation Rites
  • 2008
    Spectral Delivery

    Spectral Delivery

    Spectral Delivery

    02008HD

    A volume of illustrated horrors arrives to stimulate the chatter of those who behold its weighty extravagance. The locales shift from plate to plate...

    Spectral Delivery
  • 2003
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Burnout

    82003HD

    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
  • 1988
    Weather Diary 3

    Weather Diary 3

    Weather Diary 3

    51988HD

    Set in and around an El Reno motel, the tape records George's growing friendship with a young weather expert.

    Weather Diary 3
  • 2004
    Supercell

    Supercell

    Supercell

    02004HD

    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
  • 1981
    Yolanda

    Yolanda

    Yolanda

    91981HD

    A film about a housewife obsessed with the idea of a large hairy creature, 12 feet tall, with big feet. Chronicles her eventual breakdown in no...

    Yolanda
  • 1986
    Greetings from Boulder

    Greetings from Boulder

    Greetings from Boulder

    81986HD

    "One of the earlier video diaries where George vacations in Colorado, reflects on scenery and animal life and visits people." – Video Data Bank

    Greetings from Boulder
  • 2003
    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

    Butter Balls

    82003HD

    "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