Are George and Mike Kuchar's movies on video?
Cornetta Camega
I'm a big fan of underground filmmakers (and brothers) George and Mike
Kuchar. They made such fine films in the 1960s as "Sins of the
Fleshipoids," and "Hold Me While I'm Naked." Both still make the circuit
of underground film festivals, but I'd like to know if any of their work
has been put on video and where I could purchase them. LMK at:
Jay Bliznick or Paul Kobelja
Some of George's work can be obtained through the VIDEO BANK in Chicago.
Mike and George's stuff MAY be available at KIM'S VIDEO in New York. As
far as I know, there are no OFFICIAL releases of any of the Kuchar Bros.
work.
Jay
PURE HADES
There is only one legal video compiliation of George Kuchar's work is
called "Color Me Lurid" and has four films on it. There are bootlegs of
Thundercrack, only starring George, out there. Jack Stevenson's new book,
"Desperate Visions" has long interviews with both Mike and George Kuchar
and John Water, who was heavily influenced by their films.
Funeral Party II will be available this April and has six full-colour
pages of their artwork and in another section they contribute words to
accompany images.
A partial list of contributors for Funeral Party II is attached below.
Please e-mail for a full contents list.
Funeral Party, Volume II Contents Release date: April 1997
Trevor Brown - Moved from his repressive home country of England to the
fantastic world of Japan and has become the reigning king of degenerate
art. Trevor's beautiful studies of dolls, medical fetishism and Japanese
bondage techniques have delighted many a decrepit mind. Two new and
totally unpublished pieces in addition to several pieces from the
now-out-of-print 1996 book EVIL are presented in full color!
Ulli Lommel - Director and actor who worked extensively with Rainer Werner
Fassbinder before shooting the much-discussed and never-seen The
Tenderness of Wolves, and contributed to horror stock with the classic
The Boogey Man, and the subsequent films Brain Waves, The Devonsville
Terror and his latest film, Holy Joan of Balboa.
Mel Gordon - Writer of the book The Grand Guignol-Theatre of Fear and
Terror offers a tour of decadent red-light district sex clubs of 1931
Berlin.
Jack Ketchum - Cult dark suspense author who created the classic texts
Off Season, Strangelhold, andThe Girl Next Door (which recently saw a
reissue from Overlook Connection) among several other novels and short
stories. Winner of the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Story.
George Kuchar and Mike Kuchar - The men that inspired John Waters to make
films show another side of their creative output in this color gallery of
their individual artworks.
Jack Stevenson - Film writer and distributor, and creator of the famed
Pandemonium books finds some amazing literature on the racks of his
favorite porn shops: the tabloid.
Lucy Taylor - The winner of the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best First
Novel entertains with "Punishment," a tale of a modern relationship.
Whitehouse - Extreme noise masters William Bennett and Peter Sotos use the
written word to further exemplify an already classic track from the
masterful CD release 'quality time.'
The Nooseletter - The president and founder of the Hangman's Noose Club
introduces us to his organization of men who find themselves attracted to
sexual scenes with ropes around their necks, and offers a story and some
illustrations to entice new members.
The New Theater of Blood - NYC-based theater group continues to explore
live bloodletting in its original Grand Guignol plays.
John Shirley - Co-screenwriter of The Crow leaves us a short message on
our Answering Machine.
Miguel Angel Martin - Premier Spanish comics artist, and illustrator for
the poster for Jess Franco's latest The Killer Barbys, comments on his
work, international distribution, and his experiences in Madrid.
Alpha Blue - Film reviewer Michael Rorro plows through the filth-filled
wonderland of '70s hardcore porn films offering some guideposts through
the magnificent collection of David Naylor, owner of Alpha Blue Video.
Medical Museums - The artwork inherent in the portrayal of the human body
even in its 'corrupt' forms of disease and malady is the subject of this
article.
Funeral Party II. $17.95 plus $3 first-class shipping. 144 pages of the
best damn shit in town. Available from Rude Shape Productions, 511 6th
Avenue, No. 325, New York, NY 10011. Adults 21 and over only, signed age
statement required.
pure ha...@aol.com (Shade Rupe)
Kerro
Cornetta Camega wrote:
>
> I'm a big fan of underground filmmakers (and brothers) George and Mike
> Kuchar. They made such fine films in the 1960s as "Sins of the
> Fleshipoids," and "Hold Me While I'm Naked." Both still make the circuit
> of underground film festivals, but I'd like to know if any of their work
> has been put on video and where I could purchase them. LMK at:
>
> jcam...@remc7.k12.mi.us
I've seen one video collection of George Ks films, titled "Color Me
Lurid". It contains four short(ish) films: "Hold Me While I'm Naked",
"Mongreloid", "Forever and Always" and "A Reason To Live". It's great.
--
Kerro.
http://www.werple.net.au/~kerro
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