George Kuchar Movies

  • 2018
    That Woman

    That Woman

    That Woman

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    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
    Forever and Always

    Forever and Always

    Forever and Always

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    A marriage on the rocks that hurts the heart almost as much as the colors hurt the eye. “[A] full color portrait of a break-up that comes...

    Forever and Always
  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

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    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
  • 2007
    Water Sports

    Water Sports

    Water Sports

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    A trip to the Marin headlands at the Golden Gate of San Francisco Bay headlines this video diary. The viewer gets to eves and eye drop on various...

    Water Sports
  • 1986
    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

    Weather Diary 1

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    George Kuchar travels to Oklahoma in search of tornadoes, spends most of his time watching TV and eating food.

    Weather Diary 1
  • 1962
    A Woman Distressed

    A Woman Distressed

    A Woman Distressed

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    An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

    A Woman Distressed
  • 2003
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Burnout

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    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
  • 2008
    FlashBulb Alley

    FlashBulb Alley

    FlashBulb Alley

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    A trip to the Los Angeles film festival leads to a glamorous gauntlet of flashing smiles and flashing bulbs that add the extra “humph” to...

    FlashBulb Alley
  • 1994
    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

    Holidaze, 1994

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

    Holidaze, 1994
  • 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
  • 2006
    Queen Conga

    Queen Conga

    Queen Conga

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    Queen Conga
  • 1990
    Swamp

    Swamp

    Swamp

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    Swamp uses the soap opera format to play with the structure and expectations of the family melodrama. Following the melodramatic format that "if it...

    Swamp
  • 1987
    The Muffled Darkness

    The Muffled Darkness

    The Muffled Darkness

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    George is invited to the AFI Video Festival to see the screening of his tape, VIDEO ALBUM 5: THE THURSDAY PEOPLE, but detours into a melodrama about...

    The Muffled Darkness
  • 1985
    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

    Video Album 1

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    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
  • 1968
    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

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    Exhausted by a sexually frustrating home life in the Bronx, portly, 65-year-old Uncle Bojo tosses aside all responsibilities, leaves his wife,...

    Unstrap Me
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2009
    Burrito Bay

    Burrito Bay

    Burrito Bay

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    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
  • 1977
    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

    The Asphalt Ribbon

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    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
  • 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