Mike Kuchar Movies

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

“I shall walk softly on the Earth but make the footprints deep”. A young man contemplates the inevitable passing of time, and the...

Ripe fruit in sweaty socks; soft eyes, stained and suffering in the origin of consciousness, and a soul needing refrigeration, for it has nearly gone...

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...

"...will somebody lend him their sins, because his old worn out ones have become tiresome."

A ritualistic mood piece with colour-rich images

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...

High above the far horizon, a beacon burns cold, bright and calm.

Two souls, one aged, the other young, contemplate flowers, fairies and earthbound angels sent to tempt and tease.

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

Obsessive desire can leave an indelible stain on its victim.

His written letters will fade at the first light; if indeed he is dreaming the world!

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

'Misery' doesn't like 'company' -- but 'company' does love a 'party', so come join in on a catastrophic celebration, and do 'hang on' tight --...

Enter a shimmering forest and encounter the Pot Boiling turbulence of pre-history tribes in conflict. See sacrificial virgins, volcanoes, knife...

Masked men prowling in the bushes and not touching anything but satin, dandelions and flesh.

[A] cautionary tale about past-their-prime thespians caught up in a typically Kucharian vortex of madness. - Anthology Film Archives

A kiss can be devine or demonic. A kiss can change your life...alter it.

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

A "painter" casts out the demons that haunt his canvases and who creep into his bed at night.