Mike Kuchar Movies

  • 1968
    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

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    The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film. It depicts the turbulent relationships of...

    The Mammal Palace
  • 1968
    Variations

    Variations

    Variations

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    Green spills over purple ridges and into deep cut valleys. Blue surges up from rounds and hollows, blending with incandescent pink plains, revealing...

    Variations
  • 1976
    The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

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    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...

    The Shadow Glass
  • 2011
    Free Form Frolic

    Free Form Frolic

    Free Form Frolic

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    A topsy-turvy romp.

    Free Form Frolic
  • 2017
    Broken Gods

    Broken Gods

    Broken Gods

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    A broken god on the stone slab in a desert, waiting for "he" that will dig for him; wipe the sand from his handsome face.

    Broken Gods
  • 2015
    Age of Anxiety

    Age of Anxiety

    Age of Anxiety

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    "...Roy has set in and spread across the fabric of their lives."

    Age of Anxiety
  • 2013
    Ascension

    Ascension

    Ascension

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    Amid the silence of a pastel hued room, a soul, fully-fleshed, gathers secrets whispered by the moon over his cool bedsheets.

    Ascension
  • 2006
    Sweet Dreams

    Sweet Dreams

    Sweet Dreams

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    Childhood dolls and adult toys populate this moody yet picturesque lullaby.

    Sweet Dreams
  • 2014
    Coffee, Tea and Wizardry

    Coffee, Tea and Wizardry

    Coffee, Tea and Wizardry

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

    Coffee, Tea and Wizardry
  • 2005
    NightRise

    NightRise

    NightRise

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    A ripe lad embarks on a raw correspondence with his mirrored image, and thus: the dialogue is "fleshed out" to its full potential.

    NightRise
  • 2005
    Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase

    Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase

    Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase

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

    Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase
  • 2017
    Moon Lit Vows

    Moon Lit Vows

    Moon Lit Vows

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    A rose scented breeze enters a young man's, winding its cool arms around him... Together they will roam the darkness of his life.

    Moon Lit Vows
  • 2007
    Vortex

    Vortex

    Vortex

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    Part one of Mike Kuchar's Heat Rash series: This audio, visual laxative empties the mind of inhibitions to allow the spectator entrance into the...

    Vortex
  • 1970
    Abode of the Snows

    Abode of the Snows

    Abode of the Snows

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

    Abode of the Snows
  • 1970
    Tales of the Bronx

    Tales of the Bronx

    Tales of the Bronx

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    From the elephant house of Bronx Zoo to the eight story tall Tabonga Terrace apartments on Sedgwich Avenue, living Mammals scream for their place in...

    Tales of the Bronx
  • 1998
    The Stranger in Apartment 9F

    The Stranger in Apartment 9F

    The Stranger in Apartment 9F

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    Looking for "Mr. Right" in all the wrong places makes for a tragic comedy.

    The Stranger in Apartment 9F
  • 2011
    The Stone Boy

    The Stone Boy

    The Stone Boy

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    He hears the whispers of gargoyles in a hall of heavy stone.

    The Stone Boy
  • 2017
    NightScape

    NightScape

    NightScape

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

    NightScape
  • 1984
    Seascape

    Seascape

    Seascape

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

    Seascape
  • 1960
    I Was a Teenage Rumpot

    I Was a Teenage Rumpot

    I Was a Teenage Rumpot

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    I Was a Teenage Rumpot was made in 1960, when George and Mike, the twin brothers Kuchar, were all of eighteen years old. Though their films would...

    I Was a Teenage Rumpot