Preceded by short: A Visit to Indiana (Curt McDowell, U.S., 1970). The late Curt McDowell returned to his Midwestern roots to satirically observe this play of picnic tables and tempestuous skies. (10 mins, Color, 16mm, From Canyon) --------------------------------------Year after year George Kuchar returns to the Motel Reno, twenty miles outside of Oklahoma City. "It's kind of like lakeside property," he muses-there are so many puddles. Before long we are into some real weather, courtesy of the Tornado Report on the 24-hour weather channel that links George and his wet mutt Runt with the rest of this weather-beaten community, hiding out in trailers and towns until TV tells them to head for higher ground. Kuchar's fascination with the microcosm (he sees the eye of a tornado in the flushing of a toilet) equals his passion for the tempest in the heavens. He is supremely uncomfortable here on earth, and then the mosquitoes come-"Aren't I miserable enough?" Weather Diary 1 is a brilliant portrait of a small panhandle town, from the greasy spoons to the sickly cats, and like the weather, it won't go away.