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George Kuchar
Born · August 31, 1942
Died · September 6, 2011 (69 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Bio
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.
Web of Fire
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(ir)reverence
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2013
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self
5.6
2013
The Butchered Beefcake
0.0
2011
Eat My Makeup!
0.0
2010
Vintage Visits
0.0
2010
The Nutrient Express
0.0
2010
Tummy Ache Times
0.0
2010
Calorie Cottage
0.0
2010
Delectable Destinations
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2010
Vault of Vapors
0.0
2009
365 Day Project
10.0
2007
Hitchcocked!
Self
0.0
2006
George Kuchar: An Interview
George Kuchar
0.0
2005
Electrocute Your Stars
6.0
2004
Arizona Byways
Self
0.0
2001
Divine Trash
Self
7.3
2000
All Smiles and Sadness
Monologue Narrator
0.0
1999
Brakhage
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1998
Sunset After Dark
George Kilman
3.0
1996
Sherman Acres
Ira
0.0
1992
Foto Spread
Self
0.0
1991
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Self
0.0
1990
The Warming of the Hell House
Self
0.0
1990
Return to the House of Pain
Self
0.0
1988
Weather Diary 3
4.8
1988
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
0.0
1987
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
8.2
1986
Weather Diary 1
Himself
2.0
1986
Christmas 85
Self
0.0
1985
Sparkle's Tavern
Mr. Pupik
6.8
1985
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself
7.0
1983
Taboo: The Single and the LP
6.1
1980
The Mongreloid
Himself
6.1
1978
I, an Actress
Director
5.6
1977
Wild Night in El Reno
5.0
1977
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
0.0
1977
The Shadow Glass
0.0
1976
George
0.0
1976
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
0.0
1975
A Night with Gilda Peck
0.0
1974
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1.0
1974
True Blue and Dreamy
2.0
1974
Beaver Fever
Hunk
2.0
1974
Boggy Depot
Damon
1.0
1973
Wieners and Buns Musical
Forrest
0.0
1972
Confessions
6.0
1972
Peed Into the Wind
1.0
1972
Underground New York
Self
0.0
1968
The Craven Sluck
Morton
7.0
1967
The Unclean
Himself
0.0
1967
Galaxie
Self
0.0
1966
Hold Me While I'm Naked
4.8
1966
River Windows
0.0
1966
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Prince Gianbeno
5.9
1965
Anita Needs Me
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1964
Born of the Wind
4.7
1964
East by Southwest
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That Woman
Barbara Walters
0.0
2018
Oh Hi Anne
Himself
0.0
2017
Webtide
Himself
0.0
2010
It Came from Kuchar
Self
7.0
2009
Maggots and Men
2.0
2009
The Hairy Horror
Himself
0.0
2009
3 Stories About Evil
0.0
2008
Portrait of Genie
Himself
0.0
2008
Coven of the Heathenites
Self
0.0
2008
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self
6.6
2007
Water Sports
Himself
0.0
2007
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
0.0
2006
Tomorrow Always Comes
0.0
2006
Song of the Whoopee Wind
Himself
0.0
2005
Supercell
Himself
0.0
2004
Visitation Rites
0.0
2003
Burnout
Himself
0.0
2003
The Kingdom By The Sea
Himself
0.0
2002
Metropolitan Monologues
Himself
10.0
2000
Secrets of the Shadow World
Himself
5.0
1999
Chigger Country
0.0
1999
Bongwater
Homeless Man
4.9
1998
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself
0.0
1998
The Inmate
Himself
0.0
1997
Law of Desire
0.0
1997
Uncle Evil
Himself
0.0
1996
Season of Sorrow
Himself
0.0
1996
Cellar Sinema
0.0
1994
Urchins of Ungawa
0.0
1994
Dingleberry Jingles
Self
0.0
1994
Award
Himself
0.0
1992
Going Nowhere
Himself
0.0
1992
Scarlet Droppings
Himself
6.0
1991
Gastronomic Getaway
8.0
1991
Indian Summer
0.0
1991
Weather Watch
0.0
1991
Swamp
Uncle George
0.0
1990
A Passage to Wetness
6.0
1990
Rocky Interlude
Himself
0.0
1990
Snap 'n Snatch
Himself
0.0
1990
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
0.0
1989
Migration of the Blubberoids
0.0
1989
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
0.0
1989
Chili Line Stops Here
Himself
0.0
1989
Precious Products
Himself
0.0
1989
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Himself
0.0
1989
Point 'n Shoot
Himself
0.0
1989
Xmas 1987 New Years
Himself
0.0
1988
Rainy Season
0.0
1987
The Creeping Crimson
0.0
1987
Cult of the Cubicles
Himself
0.0
1987
Xmas 1986
Himself
0.0
1986
Screamplay
Martin
6.7
1984
Thundercrack!
Bing / Medusa
6.4
1975
Portrait of Ramona
5.0
1971
Chronicles
0.0
1969
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
0.0
1968
Bill's Hat
0.0
1967
The Secret of Wendel Samson
5.0
1966
Lust for Ecstasy
Father Nelson
0.0
1964
Tootsies in Autumn
4.9
1963
Confessions of Babette
0.0
1963
Night of the Bomb
0.0
1962
The Slasher
0.0
1958
Tropical Vulture
Dean
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