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[Bob Weide] When it came time to sit down
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

When it came timeto sit down and write your bookon Dresden, didn’t you find some...

[Bob Weide]
When it came time
to sit down and write your book
on Dresden, didn’t you find some difficulty
in recalling?

Full Transcript

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[Bob Weide] When it came time to sit down
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and write your book on Dresden,
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didn’t you find some difficulty in recalling?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:50
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.
“And I thought, too, that it would be a masterpiece - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
“And I thought, too, that it would be a masterpiece
“But not many words about Dresden came from my mind then. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
“But not many words about Dresden came from my mind then.
“And not many words come now, either, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
“And not many words come now, either,
[Kurt Vonnegut] “When I was somewhat younger - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:22
[Kurt Vonnegut] “When I was somewhat younger
The war in Vietnam is not like these other wars. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
The war in Vietnam is not like these other wars.
[Lyndon Johnson] Yet war is always the same. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Lyndon Johnson] Yet war is always the same.
It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise.
[David Ulin] Mary O’Hare, she shamed him and said, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[David Ulin] Mary O’Hare, she shamed him and said,
[Kurt Vonnegut] I would hate to tell you - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Kurt Vonnegut] I would hate to tell you
When you go through all the various drafts - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
When you go through all the various drafts
Some drafts are written first person, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
Some drafts are written first person,
Sometimes the narrator is already dead, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Sometimes the narrator is already dead,
He’s constantly auditioning different openings for the book, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
He’s constantly auditioning different openings for the book,...
He’s often doodling and drawing on the pages - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
He’s often doodling and drawing on the pages
At one point, he gives up trying to write it - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
At one point, he gives up trying to write it
In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computer...
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again,
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book; - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book;...