George Manupelli

Almost Crying

George Manupelli

Harvey Chao, Jacqueline Humbert

A 400 year old samurai encounters a modern feminist couple in the woods.

Become an Artist

Don Novello, William Farley

Don Novello

Satirizes television pitches, art schools, and the self-importance of artists.

Cry Dr. Chicago

George Manupelli

Alvin Lucier, Mary Ashley

The premise of the Dr. Chicago feature film trilogy is that Dr. Chicago (Alvin Lucier), a sex-change surgeon, is perpetually on the lam, fleeing the Feds and, in Cry Dr. Chicago, hotly pursued by his nemesis, a French gangster–cum–business tycoon (Claude Kipnis).

Two Short Films

George Manupelli

Ride Dr. Chicago Ride

George Manupelli

Mary Ashley, Alvin Lucier

From George Manupelli's Doctor Chicago trilogy, starring Alvin Lucier as the evil (and politically incorrect) surgeon on the lam, Dr. Alvin Chicago with his sidekicks Sheila Marie (Mary Ashley) and Steve (Steve Paxton, who dies, dancingly, in each episode).

The House

George Manupelli

A girl wanders through an abandoned farmhouse; doors open and close of themselves; when the girl finds a mark over a lipstick circle she had made on a mirror, the film ends.

Dr. Chicago

George Manupelli

Alvin Lucier, Mary Ashley

A surgeon is on the run from the police for unacknowledged reasons.