Mike Kuchar Movies

Dark, domestic tensions need the cleansing rays of a bright summer afternoon.

Paint drips and body fluids ooze in this "tell all" and "hide nothing" documentary about two San Francisco males.

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

“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I...

Once upon a time in the shelled carcass of a man, the Phoenix will rise and fall... and RISE and FALL!

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...

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

From the green ooze of a haunted forest arise lonely shamans in red gowns alongside twisted creatures from nightmarish cartoons with the long...

Artists with brushes need light to paint a picture, but human feelings function just as well in the dark.

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

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

(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.

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

A "birthday boy's" poetic yearnings on paper translate into a quest for perfection."

...They had their source in tangled vegetable matter, countless rapes and invasions and enjoy good wine with the girls.

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

A naughty romp that is bare, brazen, and "black and blue" too, featuring a playpen of playthings that go on an erotic rampage."

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

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...

A man is at odds with his very existence when he meets a salacious streetwalker, has his fortune read by a mysterious man and is chased by a killer.