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  Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2011

  San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Kuchar, Belson Bid Adieu

  Michael Fox
  Sep 8, 2011

  San Francisco loses two of its cinema icons, pioneering 'camp humorist' George Kuchar and seminal experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson. George Kuchar, the beloved San Francisco filmmaker, teacher, mentor and friend, died Tuesday night, September 6, at the age of 69. He passed away at Coming Home Hospice in the Castro, where he resided for the last month. Kuchar had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, but the sad news was not conveyed beyond a circle of close friends until recently. Kuchar and his twin brother, Mike, began making movies in their teens in their Bronx neighborhood in the late ’50s. Inspired by the florid emotions of Hollywood melodramas, they made 8mm narratives that were funny...

  
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  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
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  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
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  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• In Depth
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
• September 8 2011
  
  

  Radical Light: ‘Movie Factory’

  George Kuchar
  Sep 7, 2011

  As an appreciation of George Kuchar's inspired presence, we offer up the filmmaker in his own words, excerpted from 'Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000.'

  
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  By, For and About George Kuchar

  Jan 28, 2011

  The Roxie showcases filmmaker and educator George Kuchar with ‘By, For and About George Kuchar,’ including a Frankenstein series recently completed with his San Francisco Art Institute students, a selection of his shorts and Jennifer Kroot’s 2009 documentary, ‘It Came From Kuchar.’ More at roxie.com.

  
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  SFIFF53: The Art of Revival

  Dennis Harvey
  Apr 29, 2010

  Through most of its history, the Festival has featured revivals of restored classics and little-known gems. This year s selections run an unusually wide gamut.

  
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  Nao Bustamante's 'Silver and Gold' in Park City

  Glen Helfand
  Jan 19, 2010

  The late, great Jack Smith was all about the strange sway classic Hollywood movies, particularly obscure stars and low-budget yet opulent art direction, have had on us.

  
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  George Kuchar, Neither Boil nor Blister

  Michael Fox
  Sep 13, 2007

  Michael Fox interviews director and Mission District icon George Kuchar