George Kuchar Movies

  • 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
  • 1978
    Symphony for a Sinner

    Symphony for a Sinner

    Symphony for a Sinner

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    Symphony for a Sinner (1979) was a long, lavishly photographed color film generally considered the magnum opus of the class productions.

    Symphony for a Sinner
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

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    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage
  • 1959
    The Thief and the Stripper

    The Thief and the Stripper

    The Thief and the Stripper

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    (1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

    The Thief and the Stripper
  • 1974
    True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

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    A real and favorite dream of mine, preserved on film to be relived over and over.

    True Blue and Dreamy
  • 2000
    Divine Trash

    Divine Trash

    Divine Trash

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    The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

    Divine Trash
  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

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    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 1968
    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

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    The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film. It depicts the turbulent relationships of...

    The Mammal Palace
  • 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
  • 2009
    Maggots and Men

    Maggots and Men

    Maggots and Men

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    A utopian re-visioning of the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, featuring film history's first cast of over 100 transgender actors, paints a portrait of...

    Maggots and Men
  • 1995
    Grotto of the Gorgons

    Grotto of the Gorgons

    Grotto of the Gorgons

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    An electronic variety show featuring poetry, theatrics, dance, songs, and a plot concerning the cultivation of literary innocence and the...

    Grotto of the Gorgons
  • 2013
    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

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    A chronicle of the iconoclastic life of gay poet, filmmaker, and spiritual visionary James Broughton, one of the defining voices of the sexual...

    Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
  • 1989
    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

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    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...

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
  • 1968
    House of the White People

    House of the White People

    House of the White People

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    Having nothing to do with racial tensions, HOUSE OF THE WHITE PEOPLE is actually a chunk of film removed from a bigger chunk called UNSTRAP ME. It is...

    House of the White People
  • 1963
    Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof

    Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof

    Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof

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    “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...

    Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
  • 1987
    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

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    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
  • 1972
    Wieners and Buns Musical

    Wieners and Buns Musical

    Wieners and Buns Musical

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    A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

    Wieners and Buns Musical
  • 2008
    Coven of the Heathenites

    Coven of the Heathenites

    Coven of the Heathenites

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    A summer sojourn is fleshed out for maximum solar exposure in this video travelogue of sun, sea and epidermal exhibitionism. The states of mind and...

    Coven of the Heathenites
  • 1987
    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

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    The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with...

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People
  • 1990
    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

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    A portrait of Marion Eaton, film and stage actress, etched with a green thumb and a brown nose.

    Kiss of the Veggie Vixen