Title: Holiday hang ups /
Authors: George, Kuchar, 1942-2011,; Art Institute of Chicago. Bank; George Kuchar Collection (Harvard Film Archive)
Publisher: Video Data Bank,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Kuchar, George,; Book collectors United States.; Holidays United States; Private libraries.; Christmas.; Authors; Camera operators.; Motion pictures; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Abstract: 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. "The annual holiday video is off and swinging with this foray into festive chatter and explosive fireworks. Sweet treats are served up along with ice cream and jungle jingles befitting this season of goodwill toward man and beast. Join the fun and meet new faces with plenty of hair both real and fake. Celebrate a New Year with primate fury and rejoice in the bonding of species that technology has awarded to those in need." George Kuchar