Mike Kuchar Movies

Two city dwellers in a relationship grown "tired," are near a deep forest where one hears the lure of Pan's Pipe calling.

Frisco anxiously awaits the pyrotechnic birth of a New Year while the remnants of holiday greenery still burn bright in all the right places. One of...

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

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

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

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

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

A young man yearns for a mysterious lover.

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

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

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

A kaleidoscopic concoction done with improvising actors.

In the depths of night lurks a beautiful fever that heats a man's blood.

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

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

An eclectic compilation of home movies and early cinematic experiments. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with support from the National Film...

A club for misfits who descend into a psychedelic underworld. Made at the San Francisco Art Institute.

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

“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...

Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well and so we had a wonderful time working together....