Mike Kuchar Movies

"A Tub Named Desire," the first movie with Donna Kerness, does not exist anymore, except for one 8mm print that was in George Kuchar's possession....

A vain, self centered mother competes with her daughter in the world of carnivorous men and sleazy movies.

'Misery' doesn't like 'company' -- but 'company' does love a 'party', so come join in on a catastrophic celebration, and do 'hang on' tight --...

"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the...

The windy adventures of a dog in a sea of grass beneath blue skies.

(1959) Color, Sound, 25 min.

They wait for voices to reach them, touch them!

'Misery' doesn't like 'company' -- but 'company' does love a 'party', so come join in on a catastrophic celebration, and do 'hang on' tight --...

A real and favorite dream of mine, preserved on film to be relived over and over.

In this summerland a path opens for Poets, Artists, ...and the 'Dreamer'.

A man is at odds with his very existence when he meets a salacious streetwalker, has his fortune read by a mysterious man and is chased by a killer.

There is more than one way to get 'lost' in the woods.

"...Deep in the garden of the Artist's heart, ghosts of bygone worlds arise on gothic wings, calling forth delicious languors."

High above the far horizon, a beacon burns cold, bright and calm.

He felt both dead and alive... having 'died' and having come back to the space of his 'living.'

A "birthday boy's" poetic yearnings on paper translate into a quest for perfection."

Paint drips and body fluids ooze in this "tell all" and "hide nothing" documentary about two San Francisco males.

A club for misfits who descend into a psychedelic underworld. Made at the San Francisco Art Institute.

A mother and daughter, both dressed in "shocking pink", clash over men and money.

In this dream-portrait, Mike Kuchar floats through his memories as the sea, space and sky drift past. Wrapped in odd costumes, he frolics with the...