Mike Kuchar Movies

Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

"...Talking to Oneself in the mirror when down in the 'mental dumps.'"

...Somewhere inside him something slumbers; the myths, the beliefs that flow, fuse and burn through him.

A vain, self centered mother competes with her daughter in the world of carnivorous men and sleazy movies.

'Misery' doesn't like 'company' -- but 'company' does love a 'party', so come join in on a catastrophic celebration, and do 'hang on' tight -- because it's a steep ride down into the depths of a soul in meltdown mode!

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

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle International Film Festival, 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

He made some 'love'....where has it all gone? --Mike Kuchar

With lashings of humour and affection, this much-loved filmmaker and his students create a wonderful journey from the chaos of hell to the paradise of poetry, each of them playing a mystical character who helps lead the way. —London Film Festival

...They'd rather climb to the stars, than give their souls to a soulless world

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 used the sound of a lush orchestra to score the picture and the antics.

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

A young man yearns for a mysterious lover.

Dan Carbone sings Debbie and the Demons

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

Seadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially in Marblehead Mass. Each section represents a synthesis of the various aspects and moods of the story. The sum total of the fragments expresses the atmosphere of the whole.

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

The windy adventures of a dog in a sea of grass beneath blue skies.

He is Earth, Sky, and the Universe. He is Creation's creator.

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