George Kuchar
Directing
George Kuchar (August 31, 1942 – September 6, 2011) and his twin brother Mike began making films as teenagers in the 1950s, with 8mm film being their weapon of choice. After shocking their local amateur filmmaking club with their over-the-top stories of lust and angst, they became stars of the NYC underground scene in the 1960s, befriending the likes of Jonas Mekas and Jack Smith. Always working with the constraints of minuscule budgets and nonprofessional actors, the Kuchar’s inspiration comes from classic Hollywood melodrama. Their cheaply made pictures, rather than being held back by lack of funds, blossomed in the shackles of poverty; the garish colors of the cheap makeup and sets were perfectly complemented by the bold color range afforded by Kodachrome reversal stock. The wild (and sometimes the inverse of wild) acting, use of stock music, lack of synch sound, hyperbolic narration, and primitive special effects all combined to make tiny gems unlike anything seen before or since. The Kuchars are cited as major influences by such filmmakers as John Waters, Todd Solondz, and David Lynch.
That Woman
Barbara Walters
Oh Hi Anne
Himself
(ir)reverence
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self
Bloodrape
Grandpa
The Butchered Beefcake
Eat My Makeup!
Webtide
Himself
Delectable Destinations
Calorie Cottage
Tummy Ache Times
The Nutrient Express
Vintage Visits
It Came from Kuchar
Self
Maggots and Men
Why Are You Weird?
Professor
The Unmentionables
The Hairy Horror
Himself
Vault of Vapors
3 Stories About Evil
Coven of the Heathenites
Self
Portrait of Genie
Himself
365 Day Project
Self
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self
Water Sports
Himself
Hitchcocked!
Self
Tomorrow Always Comes
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Song of the Whoopee Wind
Himself
George Kuchar: An Interview
George Kuchar
Lumps of Joy
Supercell
Himself
Electrocute Your Stars
Burnout
Himself
Visitation Rites
The Gates of Gomorrah
Self
The Kingdom By The Sea
Himself
Arizona Byways
Self
Divine Trash
Self
Metropolitan Monologues
Himself
Secrets of the Shadow World
Himself
Chigger Country
All Smiles and Sadness
Monologue Narrator
Brakhage
Self (archive footage)
Bongwater
Homeless Man
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself
Law of Desire
The Inmate
Himself
Vermin of the Vortex
Self
Season of Sorrow
Himself
Uncle Evil
Himself
Sunset After Dark
George Kilman
Dingleberry Jingles
Self
Urchins of Ungawa
Cellar Sinema
Ann Arbor
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
Going Nowhere
Himself
Award
Himself
Sherman Acres
Ira
Scarlet Droppings
Himself
Weather Watch
Indian Summer
Gastronomic Getaway
Foto Spread
Self
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Self
Snap 'n Snatch
Himself
Rocky Interlude
Himself
A Passage to Wetness
Swamp
Uncle George
The Warming of the Hell House
Self
Point 'n Shoot
Himself
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Himself
Precious Products
Himself
Chili Line Stops Here
Himself
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
Migration of the Blubberoids
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Mecca of the Frigid
L.A. Screening Workshop
Xmas 1987 New Years
Himself
Weather Diary 3
Return to the House of Pain
Self
Rainy Season
The Creeping Crimson
Cult of the Cubicles
Himself
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
East by Southwest
Xmas 1986
Himself
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
Weather Diary 1
Himself
Christmas 85
Self
Sparkle's Tavern
Mr. Pupik
Screamplay
Martin
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself
Taboo: The Single and the LP
The Mongreloid
Himself
I, an Actress
Director
Wild Night in El Reno
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
George
The Shadow Glass
Thundercrack!
Bing / Medusa
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
Beaver Fever
Hunk
True Blue and Dreamy
Nudes: A Sketchbook
A Night with Gilda Peck
Boggy Depot
Damon
Wieners and Buns Musical
Forrest
Confessions
Peed Into the Wind
Portrait of Ramona
Meow Meow
Chronicles
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Underground New York
Self
The Craven Sluck
Morton
The Unclean
Himself
Bill's Hat
Galaxie
Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Hold Me While I'm Naked
River Windows
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Prince Gianbeno
Anita Needs Me
Lust for Ecstasy
Father Nelson
Born of the Wind
Tootsies in Autumn
Confessions of Babette
Night of the Bomb
The Slasher