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A Lust for Ecstasy: Brand New & Recent Preservations of the Kuchar Brothers!
March 11-17, 2009 at
Anthology Film Archives
, New York
George and Mike Kuchar are the twin darlings of the experimental film world, makers of hundreds of films and videos, and legends in their own time. But back in the 50s and 60s they were just a couple of brothers from the Bronx who shared an 8mm camera. As delirious as they are dramatic, as colorful as they are campy, these rarely seen short films are laugh out-loud funny and overwhelming proof that the Kuchars are the eighth and ninth wonders of the world. In 2004, with support from the Film Foundation and the National Film Preservation Foundation, Anthology preserved 10 of their 8mm films by blowing them up to 16mm. Today, we are proud to say we've finished the job with a second round of preservations that include the remaining seven titles from their early oeuvre. To celebrate the completion of this project we will be showcasing the new preservations, reviving the older ones, and, as a special bonus, hosting the premiere of Harvard Film Archives' restorations of films produced by George and his students at the San Francisco Art Institute-a veritable Kuchar-athon!
Featured Works:
The Naked and the Nude (1957); The Slasher (1958); A Reel of Home Movies (1959); Born of the Wind (1959); The Thief & the Stripper (1959); I Was a Teenage Rumpot (1960); Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof (1961); A Woman Distressed (1962); Mountain Vacations (1962); Night of the Bomb (1962); Sylvia's Promise (1962); Anita Needs Me (1963); A Town Called Tempest (1963); Lust for Ecstasy: A Drama of Obsessions in the Language of Sensationalism (1963); The Confessions of Babette (1963); Tootsies in Autumn (1963); Lovers of Eternity (1964); Asphalt Ribbon (1977); Power of the Press (1977); One Night a Week (1978); Motel Capri (1986)
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A Lust for Ecstasy: Brand New & Recent Preservations of the Kuchar Brothers!