Mecca of the frigid:
In this short video, George Kuchar visits fellow underground filmmaker Robert Nelson in Milwaukee, where together they brave the cold winds of Lake Michigan. George Kuchar was one of the most prolific American independent film and videomakers. With his homemade Super 8 and 16mm potboilers and melodr...
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| Language: | English |
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1988
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| Summary: | In this short video, George Kuchar visits fellow underground filmmaker Robert Nelson in Milwaukee, where together they brave the cold winds of Lake Michigan. George Kuchar was one of the most prolific American independent film and videomakers. With his homemade Super 8 and 16mm potboilers and melodramas of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’90s, he became legendary as a subversively outrageous underground filmmaker whose work influenced directors such as Andy Warhol, John Waters and David Lynch. After his transition to video, he remained a master of genre manipulation creating hundreds of hilarious and often diaristic videos with a camcorder, and dime-store props, while using friends and students as actors |
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| Item Description: | Harvard Film Archive preservation master, 8mm video tape, HFA Item no. 26325; from the George Kuchar Collection Harvard Film Archive preservation masters, Mini-Dv and 8mm video tapes, HFA Item nos. 24960; 26327; from the George Kuchar Collection This is the revised version of this video. The HFA also holds the earlier version of this title full screen (1.37:1), HFA Item no. 24960 full screen (1.37:1), HFA Item no. 26325 full screen (1.37:1), HFA Item no. 26327 |
| Physical Description: | 1 first generation master copy of a videotape (14 mins.): sound, color, polyester; 8 mm HFA Item no. 26325. 1 first generation master copy of a videotape (14 mins.): sound, color, polyester; 8 mm HFA Item no. 26327. 1 second generation master copy of a videotape (14 mins.): sound, color, polyester; Mini-DV HFA Item no. 24960. |
| Playing Time: | 14: m:in |
| Production Credits: | Director, George Kuchar; camera, George Kuchar |
| Access: | Please consult Harvard Film Archive for restrictions on use Please consult Harvard Film Archive for restrictions on use |