Mike Kuchar Movies

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

...What once was for him "real," is now but a "dream," --for the day comes when we find ourselves stranded with memories.

He made some 'love'....where has it all gone? --Mike Kuchar

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

...Somewhere inside him something slumbers; the myths, the beliefs that flow, fuse and burn through him.

Like ships in a harbor, men come and go in relationships. But, as one character says to another character who is heartbroken: "You sucked enough...

This breezy and flamboyant essay about an afternoon rendezvous is pure candy for the eyes.

Offer a pagan god only simple flowers of spring and the sparkling diamonds and opals of morning dew strung on the threads of the spider... and fear...

Obsessive desire can leave an indelible stain on its victim.

Commissioned to be a "promo" for a loud punk rock band, Mr. Kuchar feared that the noise the band made would spoil the mood of his visuals, so he...

Sex, sleaze, drugs, blood, and much, much more!

Masked men prowling in the bushes and not touching anything but satin, dandelions and flesh.

A brief interview with Johnnie Didge followed by a demonstration/performance.

A 16mm black and white remake of an 8mm color film done years earlier, this time with students enrolled in a 'dramatic narrative' summer workshop....

A rhythmic flow of image with sound, weaving a mood suspended in time.

Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The...

The stimulus for this dissertation on the reason behind the creative impulse is taken verbatim from an author's preface to his book.

A "grand dame's" delirious daydream blooms like a voluptous blossom in spring.

Armed with an overripe script and ample supply of false eyelashes and lip gloss.

A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion through the winter season of discontent and yuletime...