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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

After seeing whatscientific truth could do, I lost interest in truths, and I’ve been...

After seeing what
scientific truth could do, I lost interest in truths, and I’ve been trying to think up
neat lies ever since

Full Transcript

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After seeing what scientific truth could do,
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I lost interest in truths,
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and I’ve been trying to think up neat lies ever since.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:15
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

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Movie Summary

Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
[tyepewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[tyepewriter clacking]
He began working on what would become Player Piano, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
He began working on what would become Player Piano,
It’s about a future in which machines - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
It’s about a future in which machines
[Jerome Klinkowitz] People, by not having meaningful work to do, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Jerome Klinkowitz] People, by not having meaningful work to...
But he realized he could never hope to publish this novel - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
But he realized he could never hope to publish this novel
[Ginger Strand] GE very much wanted to tell you how to think, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[Ginger Strand] GE very much wanted to tell you how to think...
And it was, in fact, Jane who convinced him - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
And it was, in fact, Jane who convinced him
Kurt’s advance for Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Kurt’s advance for Player Piano
It as a good pay out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
It as a good pay out,
It was a much better living to write short stories, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
It was a much better living to write short stories,
He set himself this goal of selling five - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
He set himself this goal of selling five
[Kurt Vonnegut] Writing for the magazines — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Kurt Vonnegut] Writing for the magazines —
[typewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[typewriter clacking]
The story would come back instead, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
The story would come back instead,
You wouldn’t believe the piles of rejection letters, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
You wouldn’t believe the piles of rejection letters,
[Ginger Strand] His father never thought - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Ginger Strand] His father never thought
He probably needed to prove it to himself - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He probably needed to prove it to himself
In spite of the rejection letters that piled up, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
In spite of the rejection letters that piled up,
[Edie Vonnegut] She’s writing to editors, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Edie Vonnegut] She’s writing to editors,
[Nanny Vonnegut] They were very passionate, long letters, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Nanny Vonnegut] They were very passionate, long letters,