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.
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Bloodrape
2011
4.8 Bongwater
1998
7.2 Divine Trash
2000
10.0 365 Day Project
2007
Cinemaville
2007
8.4 He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
6.0 Hitchcocked!
2006
7.3 It Came from Kuchar
2009
10.0 The Creeping Crimson
1987
2.0 Maggots and Men
2009
6.7 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
4.7 Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966
Filmograafia
- -Web of Fire
- 2018That Woman (Barbara Walters)
- 2017Oh Hi Anne (Himself)
- 2013(ir)reverence
- 2013Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (Self)
- 2011Bloodrape (Grandpa)
- 2011The Butchered Beefcake
- 2010Eat My Makeup!
- 2010Vintage Visits
- 2010The Nutrient Express
- 2010Tummy Ache Times
- 2010Calorie Cottage
- 2010Delectable Destinations
- 2010Webtide (Himself)
- 2009It Came from Kuchar (Self)
- 2009Maggots and Men
- 2009Why Are You Weird? (Professor)
- 2009Vault of Vapors
- 2009The Hairy Horror (Himself)
- 2009The Unmentionables
- 20083 Stories About Evil
- 2008Portrait of Genie (Himself)
- 2008Coven of the Heathenites (Self)
- 2007365 Day Project (Self)
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (Self)
- 2007Water Sports (Himself)
- 2007Cinemaville (Self)
- 2006Hitchcocked! (Self)
- 2006Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- 2006Tomorrow Always Comes
- 2005George Kuchar: An Interview (George Kuchar)
- 2005Song of the Whoopee Wind (Himself)
- 2004Lumps of Joy
- 2004Electrocute Your Stars
- 2004Supercell (Himself)
- 2003Visitation Rites
- 2003Burnout (Himself)
- 2002The Gates of Gomorrah (Self)
- 2002The Kingdom By The Sea (Himself)
- 2001Arizona Byways (Self)
- 2000Divine Trash (Self)
- 2000Metropolitan Monologues (Himself)
- 1999Secrets of the Shadow World (Himself)
- 1999All Smiles and Sadness (Monologue Narrator)
- 1999Chigger Country
- 1998Brakhage (Self (archive footage))
- 1998Bongwater (Homeless Man)
- 1998Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (Banquet speaker)
- 1998Domain of the Pixel Pixies (Himself)
- 1997The Inmate (Himself)
- 1997Law of Desire
- 1996Sunset After Dark (George Kilman)
- 1996Uncle Evil (Himself)
- 1996Season of Sorrow (Himself)
- 1996Vermin of the Vortex (Self)
- 1994Cellar Sinema
- 1994Urchins of Ungawa
- 1994Dingleberry Jingles (Self)
- 1993Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
- 1993Ann Arbor
- 1992Sherman Acres (Ira)
- 1992Award (Himself)
- 1992Going Nowhere (Himself)
- 1992George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
- 1991Scarlet Droppings (Himself)
- 1991Foto Spread (Self)
- 1991Gastronomic Getaway
- 1991Indian Summer
- 1991Weather Watch
- 1990Kiss of the Veggie Vixen (Self)
- 1990The Warming of the Hell House (Self)
- 1990Swamp (Uncle George)
- 1990A Passage to Wetness
- 1990Rocky Interlude (Himself)
- 1990Snap 'n Snatch (Himself)
- 1989Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
- 1989Migration of the Blubberoids
- 1989Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
- 1989Chili Line Stops Here (Himself)
- 1989Precious Products (Himself)
- 1989500 Millibars to Ecstasy (Himself)
- 1989Point 'n Shoot (Himself)
- 1988Return to the House of Pain (Self)
- 1988Weather Diary 3
- 1988Xmas 1987 New Years (Himself)
- 1988L.A. Screening Workshop
- 1988Mecca of the Frigid
- 1987Rainy Season
- 1987The Creeping Crimson
- 1987East by Southwest
- 1987Video Album 5: The Thursday People
- 1987Cult of the Cubicles (Himself)
- 1986Xmas 1986 (Himself)
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (Self (archive footage))
- 1986Weather Diary 1 (Himself)
- 1985Christmas 85 (Self)
- 1985Sparkle's Tavern (Mr. Pupik)
- 1984Screamplay (Martin)
- 1983George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground (Himself)
- 1980Taboo: The Single and the LP
- 1978The Mongreloid (Himself)
- 1977I, an Actress (Director)
- 1977Wild Night in El Reno
- 1977George und Mike Kuchar (Self)
- 1976The Shadow Glass
- 1976George
- 1975Thundercrack! (Bing / Medusa)
- 1975Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
- 1974A Night with Gilda Peck
- 1974Nudes: A Sketchbook
- 1974True Blue and Dreamy
- 1974Beaver Fever (Hunk)
- 1973Boggy Depot (Damon)
- 1972Wieners and Buns Musical (Forrest)
- 1972Confessions
- 1972Peed Into the Wind
- 1971Portrait of Ramona
- 1969Chronicles
- 1968Underground New York (Self)
- 1968Encyclopedia of the Blessed
- 1967The Craven Sluck (Morton)
- 1967The Unclean (Himself)
- 1967Bill's Hat
- 1966Galaxie (Self)
- 1966The Secret of Wendel Samson
- 1966Hold Me While I'm Naked
- 1966River Windows
- 1965Sins of the Fleshapoids (Prince Gianbeno)
- 1964Anita Needs Me
- 1964Born of the Wind
- 1964Lust for Ecstasy (Father Nelson)
- 1963Confessions of Babette
- 1962Night of the Bomb
- -Tropical Vulture (Dean)
- 1970Meow Meow
- 1963Tootsies in Autumn
- 1958The Slasher
- -Calling Dr. Petrov