George Kuchar Movies

  • 1984
    Club Vatican

    Club Vatican

    Club Vatican

    6.51984HD

    Kuchar’s childhood was heavily shaped by Catholic sexual repression and guilt. Movies acted as an escape from day-to-day life, a parallel...

    Club Vatican
  • 1987
    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    91987HD

    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...

    Cult of the Cubicles
  • 1974
    A Night with Gilda Peck

    A Night with Gilda Peck

    A Night with Gilda Peck

    5.51974HD

    A vehicle for the talented Mrs. Kathleen Hohalek, as the tenant of the Pyramid Penthouse, with George Kuchar and Bob Hohalek as the burglars, "Slug,"...

    A Night with Gilda Peck
  • 1999
    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

    Secrets of the Shadow World

    51999HD

    This three-part mini-series explores the mysterious and the mundane in a splash of digital dioramas that wipe across the screen in a cascade of...

    Secrets of the Shadow World
  • 1962
    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

    81962HD

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

    Night of the Bomb
  • 1971
    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

    51971HD

    This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings were so empty, Jane Elford, the star, urged me to...

    Portrait of Ramona
  • 1990
    Edibile Atrocities

    Edibile Atrocities

    Edibile Atrocities

    101990HD

    We are what we eat, and we talk about what we are; so, naturally, we get hungry all the time. Join my friends as we not only hear, but see what they...

    Edibile Atrocities
  • 1964
    Lust for Ecstasy

    Lust for Ecstasy

    Lust for Ecstasy

    71964HD

    “LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I...

    Lust for Ecstasy
  • 1998
    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    81998HD

    Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landscape of El Nino disasters to dispense charm and...

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies
  • 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
  • 1976
    A Reason to Live

    A Reason to Live

    A Reason to Live

    6.41976HD

    "This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I suppose it has a message of faith and hope in it ... it does for me .... But...

    A Reason to Live
  • 1988
    L.A. Screening Workshop

    L.A. Screening Workshop

    L.A. Screening Workshop

    81988HD

    George spends a week in Los Angeles on business and at eating engagements. “I eat in Beverly Hills and do my business behind closed doors for a...

    L.A. Screening Workshop
  • 1985
    Sparkle's Tavern

    Sparkle's Tavern

    Sparkle's Tavern

    6.41985HD

    Siblings hide their ownership of a bordello from their mother. When she is visited by a man who shares the joys of sexual enlightenment with her, her...

    Sparkle's Tavern
  • 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
  • 1991
    The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991

    The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991

    The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991

    01991HD

    Amid the greenery of what should be a White Christmas, there sits the blackness close to my heart; and beyond that there bellows a legion of...

    The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
  • 2010
    Lingo of the Lost

    Lingo of the Lost

    Lingo of the Lost

    02010HD

    This turbulent and colorful drama about the proud and the profane was made with an international group of students at the school where I've been...

    Lingo of the Lost
  • 2000
    Aquatica

    Aquatica

    Aquatica

    02000HD

    A reflection on the deep and the creatures that attempt to fathom its resources (such as baked salmon and rubbery crocodile meat). A visual journey...

    Aquatica
  • 1975
    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    The Desperate and The Deep

    81975HD

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

    The Desperate and The Deep
  • 1988
    Return to the House of Pain

    Return to the House of Pain

    Return to the House of Pain

    101988HD

    Return to the House of Pain documents my walking through the turf and sludge of the Big Apple and many worm holes... I chomp my way back west and...

    Return to the House of Pain
  • 2007
    The Ghost of Dr Foo

    The Ghost of Dr Foo

    The Ghost of Dr Foo

    02007HD

    A sweeping saga of an evil matriarch and her march to infamy as she invades the hearts and souls of those organs and entities that reside in the male...

    The Ghost of Dr Foo