Mike Kuchar Movies

  • 1990
    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

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    AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance.

    Silence = Death
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1989
    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

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    A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion through the winter season of discontent and yuletime...

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
  • 1972
    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

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    An hour-long saga of Mick Terrific, rock 'n' roll star, and the cast of 50 he encounters on his search for "Mr. Wonderful." “PEED INTO THE...

    Peed Into the Wind
  • 1956
    A Tub Named Desire

    A Tub Named Desire

    A Tub Named Desire

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    "A Tub Named Desire," the first movie with Donna Kerness, does not exist anymore, except for one 8mm print that was in George Kuchar's possession....

    A Tub Named Desire
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1995
    An Evil Town

    An Evil Town

    An Evil Town

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    Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."

    An Evil Town
  • 1962
    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

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    (1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

    Sylvia’s Promise
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1963
    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

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    An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned.

    Confessions of Babette
  • 1964
    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

    Born of the Wind

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    A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

    Born of the Wind
  • 1983
    George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

    George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

    George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

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    A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displays memorabilia and his toys which were used for...

    George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
  • 1965
    Corruption of the Damned

    Corruption of the Damned

    Corruption of the Damned

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    Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can put on the screen, but beneath them a twisted...

    Corruption of the Damned
  • 2006
    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

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    Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers
  • 1974
    Beaver Fever

    Beaver Fever

    Beaver Fever

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    A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

    Beaver Fever
  • 1995
    The Second Coming

    The Second Coming

    The Second Coming

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    Futuristic story of Carlos and Ben who fall in love in high school despite the racism and and homophobia. When Fundamentalist forces threaten to take...

    The Second Coming
  • 1962
    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

    Night of the Bomb

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

    Night of the Bomb
  • 1966
    River Windows

    River Windows

    River Windows

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    "A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the...

    River Windows
  • 1974
    True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

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    "A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle...

    True Blue and Dreamy
  • 1998
    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

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    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