George Kuchar
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.
Cast
Web of Fire
Unknown
Arizona Byways
Self
The Warming of the Hell House
Self
Foto Spread
Self
Christmas 85
Self
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Self
All Smiles and Sadness
Monologue Narrator
The Shadow Glass
Unknown
River Windows
Unknown
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
Unknown
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
A Night with Gilda Peck
Unknown
The Craven Sluck
Morton
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Prince Gianbeno
Brakhage
Self (archive footage)
I, an Actress
Director
(ir)reverence
Unknown
Wild Night in El Reno
Unknown
Sherman Acres
Ira
Nudes: A Sketchbook
Unknown
Taboo: The Single and the LP
Unknown
Anita Needs Me
Unknown
George Kuchar: An Interview
George Kuchar
Return to the House of Pain
Self
Weather Diary 1
Himself
Galaxie
Self
Born of the Wind
Unknown
Vault of Vapors
Unknown
The Butchered Beefcake
Unknown
The Nutrient Express
Unknown
Tummy Ache Times
Unknown
Calorie Cottage
Unknown
Delectable Destinations
Unknown
Vintage Visits
Unknown
Hitchcocked!
Self
Underground New York
Self
The Unclean
Himself
Weather Diary 3
Unknown
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self
The Mongreloid
Himself
George
Unknown
Confessions
Unknown
Boggy Depot
Damon
Sparkle's Tavern
Mr. Pupik
East by Southwest
Unknown
True Blue and Dreamy
Unknown
Peed Into the Wind
Unknown
Eat My Makeup!
Unknown
Sunset After Dark
George Kilman
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
Unknown
Beaver Fever
Hunk
Wieners and Buns Musical
Forrest
Electrocute Your Stars
Unknown
365 Day Project
Unknown
Lust for Ecstasy
Father Nelson
Confessions of Babette
Unknown
The Slasher
Unknown
Night of the Bomb
Unknown
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself
Hold Me While I'm Naked
Unknown
Divine Trash
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self
Swamp
Uncle George
It Came from Kuchar
Self
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Unknown
Cellar Sinema
Unknown
A Passage to Wetness
Unknown
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Unknown
Gastronomic Getaway
Unknown
Rainy Season
Unknown
Indian Summer
Unknown
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
Unknown
Migration of the Blubberoids
Unknown
Portrait of Ramona
Unknown
Tootsies in Autumn
Unknown
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Unknown
Urchins of Ungawa
Unknown
The Creeping Crimson
Unknown
Visitation Rites
Unknown
Chigger Country
Unknown
3 Stories About Evil
Unknown
Chili Line Stops Here
Himself
Precious Products
Himself
Oh Hi Anne
Himself
Weather Watch
Unknown
That Woman
Barbara Walters
Bill's Hat
Unknown
Chronicles
Unknown
Portrait of Genie
Himself
Secrets of the Shadow World
Himself
Webtide
Himself
Water Sports
Himself
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Unknown
Cult of the Cubicles
Himself
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Himself
Burnout
Himself
The Kingdom By The Sea
Himself
Scarlet Droppings
Himself
Point 'n Shoot
Himself
Award
Himself
Uncle Evil
Himself
Snap 'n Snatch
Himself
Rocky Interlude
Himself
Supercell
Himself
Song of the Whoopee Wind
Himself
The Inmate
Himself
Metropolitan Monologues
Himself
The Hairy Horror
Himself
Screamplay
Martin
Thundercrack!
Bing / Medusa
Coven of the Heathenites
Self
Law of Desire
Unknown
Going Nowhere
Himself
Season of Sorrow
Himself
Xmas 1987 New Years
Himself
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself
Bongwater
Homeless Man
Xmas 1986
Himself
Maggots and Men
Unknown
Tropical Vulture
Dean
Dingleberry Jingles
Self
Tomorrow Always Comes
Unknown
Vermin of the Vortex
Self
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
Unknown
Why Are You Weird?
Professor
Bloodrape
Grandpa
L.A. Screening Workshop
Unknown
The Gates of Gomorrah
Self
Crew
A WOMAN DISTRESSED
Director
Impaction of the Igneous
Director
Motel Capri
Director
One Night a Week
Director
The Power of the Press
Director
Thundercrack!
Screenplay
Hold Me While I'm Naked
Director, Writer
I, an Actress
Director
The Devil's Cleavage
Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Cinematography
Wild Night in El Reno
Director
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
Director
Anita Needs Me
Director
Urchins of Ungawa
Director
The Cage of Nicholas
Director
Cattle Mutilation
Director
Pagan Rhapsody
Director
Tales of the Twilight Typist
Director
Prescrition in Blue
Director
Yolanda
Director
The Mongreloid
Director, Writer
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
Director
Ascension of the Demonoids
Director
George Kuchar: An Interview
Director
Unstrap Me
Director
Vermin of the Vortex
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Weather Diary 1
Director
Society Slut
Director
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
Director
We, the Normal
Director
Lingo of the Lost
Director
Orphans of the Cosmos
Director
Empire of Evil
Director
Forever and Always
Director
Symphony for a Sinner
Director, Screenplay
A Reason to Live
Director
Weather Diary 3
Director
Holidaze, 1994
Camera Operator, Screenplay, Editor, Director
Color Me Lurid
Director
Cyclone Alley Ceramics
Director
Vault of Vapors
Director
The Nutrient Express
Director
Calorie Cottage
Director
Delectable Destinations
Director
Vintage Visits
Director
The Butchered Beefcake
Director
Room 666
Director
Tummy Ache Times
Director
Pilgrimage
Director
Oasis of the Pharaohs
Director
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
Director
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
Director
Return to the House of Pain
Director
The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
Director
Celebrity Casino
Director
Mellow Magic
Director
Burrito Bay
Director
Acid Redux
Director
Jamboree Journey
Director
Pictographic Piles
Director
The Unmentionables
Director
The Crypt of Frankenstein
Director
January Jubilee
Director
Atrium of the Omni-Orb
Director
Art Space
Director
X MASS
Director
Eye on the Sky
Director
FlashBulb Alley
Director
Spectral Delivery
Director
Color Me Shameless
Director
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer
Other
Back to Nature
Director, Writer
Weather Diary 5
Writer, Director
Route 666
Director, Writer
The Asphalt Ribbon
Director
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
Director
Weather Diary 6
Director
The Nocturnal Immaculation
Director
Every Dog Has Its Day
Thanks
The X-People
Director
Knocturne
Director
Arizona Byways
Director
The Warming of the Hell House
Director of Photography
Love Me True
Director
Sylvia’s Promise
Director
Corruption of the Damned
Director
The Slasher
Director
The Naked and the Nude
Director
The Thief and the Stripper
Director
Night of the Bomb
Director
Lust for Ecstasy
Director
Lovers of Eternity
Director
Foto Spread
Director
The Web of Doctor Satan
Director
The Desperate and The Deep
Director
Saga of Magda
Director
Christmas 85
Director
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
Director
Vile Cargo
Director
La Verbotene Voyage
Director
Weather Diary 2
Director
Greetings from Boulder
Director
The Apparition
Set Designer
Kuchar-esque
Writer, Director
Weather Diary 4
Director
Planet of the Vamps
Director
A Passage to Wetness
Director
I, of the Cyclops
Director
Gastronomic Getaway
Director
Indian Summer
Director
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
Director
Summer of No Return
Director
Rainy Season
Director
Aquatica
Director
Sherman Acres
Director
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Director
Glacier Park Video Views
Director
Cellar Sinema
Director
Migration of the Blubberoids
Director
Portrait of Ramona
Director
The Sunshine Sisters
Director
Chigger Country
Director
Visitation Rites
Director
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
Director
Secrets of the Shadow World
Director
Andy's House of Gary
Director
The Creeping Crimson
Director
East by Southwest
Director
Club Vatican
Director
Weather Watch
Director
Precious Products
Director
Chili Line Stops Here
Director
HotSpell
Director
Season of Sorrow
Director
Mosholu Holiday
Director
Dingleberry Jingles
Director
Xmas 1987 New Years
Director
Webtide
Director
Portrait of Genie
Director
Water Sports
Director
The Mammal Palace
Director
House of the White People
Director
Leisure
Director
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Director
Cult of the Cubicles
Director
The Inmate
Director
Scarlet Droppings
Director
Uncle Evil
Director
Award
Director
Snap 'n Snatch
Director
Point 'n Shoot
Director
Rocky Interlude
Director
Metropolitan Monologues
Director
The Kingdom By The Sea
Director
Burnout
Director
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Director
Dynasty of Depravity
Director
Evangelust
Director
The Hairy Horror
Director
Butter Balls
Director
Supercell
Director
Song of the Whoopee Wind
Director
Kaponga Island
Director
Temple of Torment
Director
ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
Director
Garden of Goodies
Director
Zealots of the Zinc Zone
Director
Kiss of Frankenstein
Director
Coven of the Heathenites
Director
Nibbles
Director
A Reel of Home Movies
Director
The Woman And The Dress
Director
Insanitorium
Director
A Town Called Tempest
Director
Tootsies in Autumn
Director
Mom
Director
The Lady From Sands Point
Director
Low Light Life
Director
Going Nowhere
Director
A Fatal Desire
Director
Jewel of Jeopardy
Director
Grotto of the Gorgons
Director
Libido Lagoon
Director
Video Album 3
Director, Editor
The Last Hello
Director, Editor
1980 Seven
Director, Editor
Zombies of Zanzibar
Director
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Director
The Ghost of Dr Foo
Director
Phantom of the Pine Barrens
Director
Faulty Fathoms
Director
Seaside Show
Director
Xmas 1986
Director
Solstice
Director
Honey Bunnies on Ice
Director
A Tub Named Desire
Director
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Director
Tropical Vulture
Director
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein
Director
Blips
Director
The Passion Pot
Director
The Gates of Gomorrah
Director
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
Director
Lumps of Joy
Director
The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
Director
Holiday Hang Ups
Director
Frigid Escapades
Director
L.A. Screening Workshop
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Video Album 1
Director
Video Album 2
Director
East by Southwest
Director
Jane and Mike Visit
Director
The Muffled Darkness
Director