George Kuchar Movies

  • 1998
    Phantom of the Pine Barrens

    Phantom of the Pine Barrens

    Phantom of the Pine Barrens

    01998HD

    "The Jersey Devil lives again in this work the students and I mounted (or disrobed) for skeptical scrutiny." - George Kuchar

    Phantom of the Pine Barrens
  • 1970
    Calling Dr. Petrov

    Calling Dr. Petrov

    Calling Dr. Petrov

    01970HD

    Focuses on the troubles at a large hospital beset with calamity and vice. We meet the doctors and nurses and get a glimpse of their personal traumas.

    Calling Dr. Petrov
  • 1970
    Holiday Harbor

    Holiday Harbor

    Holiday Harbor

    91970HD

    There's lots cooking in the city-by the-bay and the waters smell good too as the viewer sails off to Sausalito for home-made bread and gets an ocular...

    Holiday Harbor
  • 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
  • 2006
    Garden of Goodies

    Garden of Goodies

    Garden of Goodies

    02006HD

    This being an annual, Xmas holiday video, you can be guaranteed good cheer on a platter and maybe a plop in a bowl or two. In this video we visit a...

    Garden of Goodies
  • 1996
    Uncle Evil

    Uncle Evil

    Uncle Evil

    01996HD

    The young and the innocent at the mercy of a palpable presence oozing menace and scarlet-stained goodness as a strawberry sundae melts under the...

    Uncle Evil
  • 1969
    Chronicles

    Chronicles

    Chronicles

    01969HD

    Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

    Chronicles
  • 1967
    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

    101967HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1963
    Tootsies in Autumn

    Tootsies in Autumn

    Tootsies in Autumn

    5.41963HD

    [A] cautionary tale about past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of madness. - Anthology Film Archives

    Tootsies in Autumn
  • 1979
    Blips

    Blips

    Blips

    71979HD

    16mm film by George Kuchar.

    Blips
  • 1991
    Dialogue of the Devil Dolls

    Dialogue of the Devil Dolls

    Dialogue of the Devil Dolls

    01991HD

    San Francisco Art Institute Class film by George Kuchar

    Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
  • 2007
    Water Sports

    Water Sports

    Water Sports

    02007HD

    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
  • 2017
    Oh Hi Anne

    Oh Hi Anne

    Oh Hi Anne

    02017HD

    An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in...

    Oh Hi Anne
  • 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
  • 1970
    Pagan Rhapsody

    Pagan Rhapsody

    Pagan Rhapsody

    6.71970HD

    Edgar, an aristocrat, commissions Camillo to write a play based on an affair he had ten years ago with the Countess del Monaco. But Edgar first has...

    Pagan Rhapsody
  • 1993
    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor

    101993HD

    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
    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

    We, the Normal

    01988HD

    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
  • 1994
    Dingleberry Jingles

    Dingleberry Jingles

    Dingleberry Jingles

    81994HD

    In Dingleberry Jingles, George discusses all things Christmas with his cat, attends a wedding, and of course indulges in a holiday delicacy or two.

    Dingleberry Jingles
  • 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