- Thursday, December 10, 2009
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George and Mike Kuchar: Recent Preservations
Phyllis Wattis Theater
7:00 p.m.
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 1950s and 1960s 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 overwhelmingly prove that the Kuchars are the eighth and ninth wonders of the world. (Anthology Film Archives)
Join us to see four of the Kuchars' earliest works, recently preserved by Anthology Film Archives: Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof, Tootsies in Autumn, A Woman Distressed, and Lovers of Eternity. A reception follows.
$10 general; $7 SFMOMA and San Francisco Cinematheque members, students, and seniors. Tickets are available at the Museum (with no surcharge) or online.
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Image: George and Mike Kuchar, Tootsies in Autumn (1963), still; image courtesy of Anthology Film Archives
Copresented with San Francisco Cinematheque.
