Mike Kuchar Movies

  • 2014
    Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows

    Chasing Shadows

    02014HD

    ...It was time to chase One's shadow back into sunlight. -Mike Kuchar

    Chasing Shadows
  • 2008
    A Brief Summer’s Tale

    A Brief Summer’s Tale

    A Brief Summer’s Tale

    02008HD

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

    A Brief Summer’s Tale
  • 2005
    In the Garden of Eros

    In the Garden of Eros

    In the Garden of Eros

    02005HD

    The dialogue for this production, featuring Cupid, is taken from the pages of a personal diary found under a chair.

    In the Garden of Eros
  • 2004
    Bird, Bath and Beyond

    Bird, Bath and Beyond

    Bird, Bath and Beyond

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    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...

    Bird, Bath and Beyond
  • 1998
    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    01998HD

    Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landscape of El Nino disasters to dispense charm and...

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies
  • 1963
    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

    01963HD

    An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned.

    Confessions of Babette
  • 1970
    Abode of the Snows

    Abode of the Snows

    Abode of the Snows

    01970HD

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

    Abode of the Snows
  • 2007
    Fruit of the Serpent

    Fruit of the Serpent

    Fruit of the Serpent

    02007HD

    Dialogue taken from the Bible is put in the mouths of three souls in a modern apartment, who must deal with a "fall from grace."

    Fruit of the Serpent
  • 2006
    Haunted

    Haunted

    Haunted

    02006HD

    Relationships don't end... they linger like ghosts.

    Haunted
  • 1965
    Corruption of the Damned

    Corruption of the Damned

    Corruption of the Damned

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    Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can put on the screen, but beneath them a twisted...

    Corruption of the Damned
  • 1989
    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    01989HD

    A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct with my students at the San Francisco Art...

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
  • 2017
    Keeper of Secrets

    Keeper of Secrets

    Keeper of Secrets

    02017HD

    He peels away layers of secrets to you for what you are, and he likes scars because they tell stories.

    Keeper of Secrets
  • 2002
    Wind in My Sails

    Wind in My Sails

    Wind in My Sails

    02002HD

    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...

    Wind in My Sails
  • 2015
    Museum of Damaged Art

    Museum of Damaged Art

    Museum of Damaged Art

    02015HD

    His love of Heaven's virtues could not prevent a hunger for God's enticing creatures.

    Museum of Damaged Art
  • 1975
    Bloodsucker

    Bloodsucker

    Bloodsucker

    01975HD

    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....

    Bloodsucker
  • 2019
    Celestial Horizons

    Celestial Horizons

    Celestial Horizons

    02019HD

    In the serene zone between twilight and dawn, a lullaby of thoughts floats beneath a blanket of stars.

    Celestial Horizons
  • 2010
    The Dreamer’s Tale

    The Dreamer’s Tale

    The Dreamer’s Tale

    02010HD

    Videomaker and spoken word performer David Finkelstein sleepwalks down into subconscious corridors.

    The Dreamer’s Tale
  • 2008
    A Dream of Roses

    A Dream of Roses

    A Dream of Roses

    02008HD

    A House Wife's hum-drum world dissolves away into a thorny Passion Play of miraculous visions.

    A Dream of Roses
  • 2012
    Disordered

    Disordered

    Disordered

    02012HD

    A cavalcade of characters in conflict with consciousness is conjured up within the confines of Studio 8 at the San Francisco Art Institute and...

    Disordered
  • 2015
    A Rented Space

    A Rented Space

    A Rented Space

    02015HD

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

    A Rented Space