Mike Kuchar Movies

Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

In this thespian workout, a troop of stage actors improvises within a kaleidoscopic zone of warped spaces.

The Shadow Glass is roughly based on Ewers' 'Student of Prague'. It concerns a young man who, feeling incapable of surmounting the harsh realities of...

Return to the House of Pain documents my walking through the turf and sludge of the Big Apple and many worm holes... I chomp my way back west and...

Dan Carbone sings Debbie and the Demons

One's "softest parts" are "scooped out and eaten alive".

A high-spirited romp through the (former) campus of San Francisco Art Institute, with two films each from George and Mike Kuchar. Features:...

An evocative 16mm short shot during a visit to Nepal.

Like all Men, he struggles against his nature.

A woman discovers her husband cheating.

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...

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

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle...

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

Two earthbound bodies soul-surf into a new age of enlightenment.

A short film by George Kuchar.

They walk through "life", sometimes with no "compass" in hand and become "lost".

Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together....