Mike Kuchar Movies

Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The...

Dan Carbone sings Debbie and the Demons

A short film by George Kuchar.

(1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

Dark, domestic tensions need the cleansing rays of a bright summer afternoon.

A bunch of Punk Rockers puke up all sorts of stuff.

A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct with my students at the San Francisco Art...

"Great woods, you frighten me like some cathedral's gloom, and awaken pastoral pipes on pagan heights."

A lady alone amid the flowers of a garden becomes the target of mischievous elements therein.

The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.

An eclectic compilation of home movies and early cinematic experiments. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with support from the National Film...

In this dream-portrait, Mike Kuchar floats through his memories as the sea, space and sky drift past. Wrapped in odd costumes, he frolics with the...

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

A topsy-turvy romp.

...It was time to chase One's shadow back into sunlight. -Mike Kuchar

Something lies yet unwritten within a poet who lost that 'spark' of having been born brand new onto a sacred stage.

“It glows with the embers of desire! It smokes with the revelation of men and women longing for robust temptations that will make them sizzle...

There was plenty of fruit growing in Eden; mangos, pears, oranges...why did Eve have to pick that Apple!

Commissioned to be a "promo" for a loud punk rock band, Mr. Kuchar feared that the noise the band made would spoil the mood of his visuals, so he...

Obsessive desire can leave an indelible stain on its victim.