George Kuchar Movie Trailers
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Pilgrimage Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
A voyage through a California Christmas that begins in the turd-smeared streets of San Francisco and ends in a botanical wonder of ethnic endurance and faith.
Hitchcocked! Trailer (2006)
11 August 2006
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
Burnout Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
A metropolis awash in electrical overdrive crashes in the heat of summer and sends a Bronxite into the clutches of a waterworld further north.
Confessions Trailer (1972)
15 March 1972
"Just as outrageous is Curt McDowell's CONFESSIONS. McDowell, a graduate student at San Francisco Art Institute, opens his film with a confession to his mother and father, listing in exhausting detail his sins of the flesh.
Motel Capri Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along.
Anita Needs Me Trailer (1964)
11 March 1964
An overheated tale of lust, guilt, and Mom, made as a response to the French New Wave.
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein Trailer (2005)
01 October 2005
"This horror picture is a sequel to THE KISS OF FRANKENSTEIN (a one act play I wrote a few years ago which was performed by my graduate students at the San Francisco Art Institute).
Cinemaville Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
George Kuchar takes his Japanese student on a trip to Los Angeles and meets with his entertainment industry friends including Buck Henry, Christopher Coppola, and Jeffrey Schwarz.
Underground New York Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
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 American culture forever.
Every Dog Has Its Day Trailer (1998)
12 June 1998
After getting fired from his teaching job and dumped by his girlfriend, Jack, a painter, embarks on a soul searching road trip with his dog, Scout.
Screamplay Trailer (1984)
02 November 1984
A talented writer, Edgar Allen, arrives in Hollywood with big dreams but is quickly pulled into a world of madness and depravity.
It Came from Kuchar Trailer (2009)
22 September 2009
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers.
Club Vatican Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Kuchar’s childhood was heavily shaped by Catholic sexual repression and guilt. Movies acted as an escape from day-to-day life, a parallel reality that reveled in sin and sensation.
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground Trailer (1983)
01 April 1983
A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displays memorabilia and his toys which were used for props.
George Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
George (1976, revised in 1988) is a portrait of George Kuchar composed on a J-K optical printer with 4 scenes always running simultaneously through frame alternation .
Unstrap Me Trailer (1968)
20 November 1968
Exhausted by a sexually frustrating home life in the Bronx, portly, 65-year-old Uncle Bojo tosses aside all responsibilities, leaves his wife, Stella, and sets out in search of adventures.
Sparkle's Tavern Trailer (1985)
01 June 1985
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 entire world is turned upside down.
Dingleberry Jingles Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
In Dingleberry Jingles, George discusses all things Christmas with his cat, attends a wedding, and of course indulges in a holiday delicacy or two.
A Fatal Desire Trailer (2004)
13 April 2004
This melodrama, staged by me and produced with my students at the San Francisco Art Institute, follows the turbulent journey of an aspiring singer as she flees a frigid environment to heat up a tepid career.
Nudes: A Sketchbook Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
"Curt McDowell's NUDES (A Sketchbook) is a paean to the filmmaker's closest friends: a series of portraits (beginning with one of George Kuchar) based on stylized, often graphically sexual interpretations of his or her personality.
Why Are You Weird? Trailer (2009)
30 April 2009
Curtis Jackson is studying performance art at one of the most prestigious art schools in the nation, yet he is still unable to live down the shame of his devastating past as a high school swimmer who was exposed as having webbed feet.
Dynasty of Depravity Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
This European flavored melodrama depicts a fictional country of refined manners and debased desires that explode into chaos, sending its prodigal son into the pit of 20th Century technology.
Aqueerius Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
“Washes of water and other liquids soak the imagery...strung together for a rather enigmatic yet definite statement on something.
Born of the Wind Trailer (1964)
04 March 1964
A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.
George Kuchar: An Interview Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
Since the 1980s, Kuchar has been creating brilliantly edited, hilarious, and often diaristic tapes made with dime-store props and not-so-special effects, using friends as actors and the "pageant that is life" for his studio.
Galaxie Trailer (1966)
03 September 1966
In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W.
Tootsies in Autumn Trailer (1963)
23 September 1963
[A] cautionary tale about past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of madness.
Metropolitan Monologues Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
The New York City summer is fueled by the sultry emanations of hot air that tumble off the tongues of potential thespians as they attempt to decipher the gastric guesswork embedded in the prose of the pre-production process.
365 Day Project Trailer (2007)
31 December 2007
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form.
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore Trailer (1998)
22 March 1998
A high schooler from suburbia gets in touch with her sexuality while working at a dingy movie theater in the city.
House of the White People Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
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.
Maggots and Men Trailer (2009)
21 June 2009
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 formerly pro-Soviet sailors at the Kronstadt naval garrison who rebelled against the perceived failures of the new Bolshevik state.
All Smiles and Sadness Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
McGuire constructs a murky black and white soap-opera world of endless, timeless, and placeless limbo, where the characters talk to each other entirely in clichés, bad poetry, and other contrite forms of speech — a short TV show in which nothing is resolved.
Oasis of the Pharaohs Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Kuchar writes: "A hidden resort in Northern California opens its ancient secrets to a bride and groom who consummate their marriage on the peacock strewn terrain that muddies the tootsies of the infidels who munch through the mysteries with jaws of death — and rebirth.
Hold Me While I'm Naked Trailer (1966)
23 April 1966
Presented as loosely autobiographical, Hold Me While I’m Naked centres on the tribulations of an independent filmmaker, frustrated at every turn as he tries to make a film that pretends to artistic merit.
Back to Nature Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A man cleanses himself after being unfaithful to his wife.
Meow Meow Trailer (1970)
14 July 1970
An animated short about a man who finds a cat that turns into a lion. The lion becomes a famous singer who is kidnapped by gangsters.
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer Trailer (1993)
01 October 1993
Mary was a good girl until she decides to kill all the "sexist pigs". She of course encounters many of which, and enjoys killing them.
Grotto of the Gorgons Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
An electronic variety show featuring poetry, theatrics, dance, songs, and a plot concerning the cultivation of literary innocence and the preservation of Rondo Hatton's memory (a horror actor in 1940s B movies).
Andy's House of Gary Trailer (1993)
31 August 1993
A young painter, and his somewhat slower roommate, talk of paranormal occurrences in a room of charcoal canvasses and ephemeral renderings.
A Town Called Tempest Trailer (1963)
23 September 1963
Rarely has the cinema equaled such a spectacle! Seldom have movies probed so deeply into the rotten core of hypocrisy and weakness!
Peed Into the Wind Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
An hour-long saga of Mick Terrific, rock 'n' roll star, and the cast of 50 he encounters on his search for "Mr.
The Secret of Wendel Samson Trailer (1966)
01 July 1966
A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious where guilt and fears of physicality chase him still further.
Color Me Shameless Trailer (1967)
29 December 1967
Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together.
Lust for Ecstasy Trailer (1964)
04 March 1964
“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 arrived on the set I ripped them up and let my emotional whims make chopped meat out of the performances and the story….
The Devil's Cleavage Trailer (1975)
28 November 1975
A shady motel manager becomes obsessed with a neglected wife.
Vermin of the Vortex Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
Alienation in academia beneath the chandeliered opulence of a political correctional facility that caters to clashing cultures with chicken fajitas and carefully worded alphabet soup.
A Reason to Live Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
"This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I suppose it has a message of faith and hope in it .
Wieners and Buns Musical Trailer (1972)
12 May 1972
A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
The Mongreloid Trailer (1978)
21 September 1978
A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landscape.
Wild Night in El Reno Trailer (1977)
06 September 1977
"In the late spring of each year the Great Plains states of the U.S. experience a season characterised by destructive tornadoes of awesome force.
The Gates of Gomorrah Trailer (2002)
01 March 2002
Shutters click in this clothes-dropping exhibition of photographic exposures sure to quicken the pulse of those in need of extremity expansion.
The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991 Trailer (1991)
25 December 1991
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 behemoths who know not shame nor guilt.
Cattle Mutilation Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
Against the background of a grisly mystery, four people face a growing sense of panic and uncleanliness.
Mosholu Holiday Trailer (1967)
10 February 1967
A special guest appearance by Canadian TV star Bill Ronald along with the massive presence of "Mrs. Bronx" herself, Frances Leibowitz, and her girlfriend Iris, make this film a must-see for travel enthusiasts.
The Asphalt Ribbon Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
I remember the first day of class, George brought in that column from the Utah Herald Star, the ode to the truck driver, by Dan Armstrong (?), and read it aloud to us, with feeling, selling the concept.
Lumps of Joy Trailer (2004)
25 December 2004
A holiday video of good cheer and feline ferocity, this annual tradition of videotaped festivities centers on the oriental and occidental tidbits that make the season worthy for bipeds on wheels as they pedal from one calorie laden event to another.