Holidaze, 1994 1994
"“A time of cheer and chill, giving and getting, chomping and chewing.”"
Overview
George spends quality time with his friends Karen and Carla in this unconventional, glitchy, collaged holiday video. HOLIDAZE filters a gift exchange through a lightly ironic, kitschy palette: whizzing geometric irises, stock footage of angelic-looking kids opening presents, and MIDI versions of Christmas songs. Kuchar’s magic was his ability to see the cinematic potential in everything around him—here, he finds endearing humor in three friends trying to work a landline phone. It became a tradi
Director: George Kuchar
Cast
Carla Liss
Panos Panagos
Susan Panagos
Karen Redgreene