George Kuchar

🎂 Data nașterii: 1942-08-31 (New York, New York)

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.

George Kuchar

Filme în care a jucat

Web of Fire

Arizona Byways

The Warming of the Hell House

Foto Spread

Kiss of the Veggie Vixen

Christmas 85

All Smiles and Sadness

The Shadow Glass

River Windows

Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony

George und Mike Kuchar

A Night with Gilda Peck

The Craven Sluck

Sins of the Fleshapoids

Brakhage

I, an Actress

(ir)reverence

Wild Night in El Reno

Sherman Acres

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Anita Needs Me

George Kuchar: An Interview

Return to the House of Pain

Weather Diary 1

Galaxie

Born of the Wind

Vault of Vapors

The Butchered Beefcake

Vintage Visits

Tummy Ache Times

The Nutrient Express

Delectable Destinations

Calorie Cottage

Hitchcocked!

Underground New York

The Unclean

Weather Diary 3

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

The Mongreloid

George

Confessions

Boggy Depot

Sparkle's Tavern

East by Southwest

Peed Into the Wind

True Blue and Dreamy

Eat My Makeup!

Sunset After Dark

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

Beaver Fever

Wieners and Buns Musical

Electrocute Your Stars

365 Day Project

Lust for Ecstasy

Confessions of Babette

The Slasher

Night of the Bomb

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

Hold Me While I'm Naked

Divine Trash

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Swamp

It Came from Kuchar

Meet The Kuchar Brothers

Gastronomic Getaway

Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

Migration of the Blubberoids

Cellar Sinema

A Passage to Wetness

Indian Summer

Rainy Season

Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

Tootsies in Autumn

The Secret of Wendel Samson

Urchins of Ungawa

Portrait of Ramona