Mike Kuchar
Mike Kuchar, cinematographer, painter and writer and brother of George Kuchar, was born in New York City. He began making 8mm movies in the 1950's, switching over to 16mm film production in 1960, and continues now, producing short motion pictures in the video and digital formats. Mike and George Kuchar were the co-recipients of the "Vanguard Director Award" at the 11th CineVegas Film Festival, 2009, and the 2009 "Frameline Award" at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. "Film purists," says Mike, "tend to snub the digital medium — but as far as I'm concerned, if it allows the image to move and make noise, I'll gladly use it... and the format fits perfectly into my budgets too!" Mike Kuchar is a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for his work in film and video.
Cinématon
as N°1085Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...
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My Morning with Magic Mike
as SelfA visit with the inimitable Mike Kuchar.
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365 Day Project
as uncreditedThis exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in...
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Divine Trash
as SelfThe life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community...
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Award
as HimselfA behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise...
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BIRD IN THE SKY
as GrandfatherBIRD IN THE SKY is a gritty, poetic tale of a young man’s spiritual struggle on the streets of...
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It Came from Kuchar
as SelfIt Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground...
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Beaver Fever
as uncreditedA short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
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Urchins of Ungawa
as uncreditedIn a garden of roses and memorabilia from darkest Africa, a man and woman ponder the joy of...
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Oh Hi Anne
as HimselfAn epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home...
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An Evil Town
as uncreditedBased on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."
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Peed Into the Wind
as uncredited“PEED INTO THE WIND smears across the screen like one of those dirty underground comic books....
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Underground New York
as SelfA rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a...
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Video Album 5: The Thursday People
as uncreditedThe comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and...
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Galaxie
as HimselfIn March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from...
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Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
as uncreditedA wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I...
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River Windows
as uncredited"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or...
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Meet The Kuchar Brothers
as uncreditedProvides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking...
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Portrait of Ramona
as uncreditedThis movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the...
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Nudes: A Sketchbook
as uncreditedA series of vignettes illustrating sexual fantasies.
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Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
as uncreditedA music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion...
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True Blue and Dreamy
as uncredited"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for...
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Corruption of the Damned
as uncreditedCorruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you...
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George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
as HimselfA documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he...
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Domain of the Pixel Pixies
as HimselfSort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged...
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The Shadow Glass
as uncreditedThe Shadow Glass is roughly based on Ewers' 'Student of Prague'. It concerns a young man who,...
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Seadrift
as uncreditedSeadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially...
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Cult of the Cubicles
as HimselfWrites Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends...
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