It Came From Kuchar

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It Came From Kuchar (2010)

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Working beside eccentric masters like Warhol & Waters, the provocative Kuchar brothers shaped the 60s NYC underground film scene. Creating horrifying, campy and often sexy masterpieces these “8mm Mozarts” invented movies unlike anything you’ve even seen!

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Title	It Came From Kuchar (2010)
Runtime	1 hr. 26 min.
Studio	Film Movement
Genres	Gay and Lesbian \| News and Information
Description	“It Came From Kuchar” is a hilarious and touching story of artistic obsession, compulsion and inspiration. Long before YouTube, there were the outrageous, campy and often horrifying no-budget movies of underground, filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar. George and Mike grew up in the Bronx in the 1950’s. At the age of twelve, they became obsessed with Hollywood melodramas and began making their own homespun thrillers with their aunt’s 8mm camera. They used their friends and family as actors and their Bronx neighborhood as their set. Early Kuchar titles featured in this film include the chilling, “I Was A Teenage Rumpot” and “Born of the Wind”. In the early 1960’s, alongside Andy Warhol, the Kuchar brothers shaped the New York underground film scene. Known as the “8mm Mozarts”, their films were noticeably different than other underground films of the time. They were wildly funny and chilling, but also human and vulnerable. Their films have inspired many filmmakers, including John Waters, Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin and Wayne Wang (all are interviewed in this film). Despite having high profile fans, the Kuchars remain largely unknown because they are only ambitious to make movies, not to be famous. “It Came From Kuchar” interweaves the brothers’ lives, their admirers, a history of underground film and a “greatest hits” of Kuchar clips into a mesmerizing stream of consciousness tale. Affectionately directed by one of George’s former students, Jennifer M. Kroot, “It Came From Kuchar” will introduce you to the amazing and shocking Kuchar brothers – two brothers who love to make movies and continue to inspire others.