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[David Ulin] He had finished
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He had finished a conventional versionof the novel, he had fulfilledthe contract, and then...

[David Ulin]
He had finished a conventional version
of the novel, he had fulfilled
the contract, and then he said he didn’t want to go out
like Mick Jagger — [laughs]
playing “Satisfaction”, you know, for
the eight millionth time

Full Transcript

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[David Ulin] He had finished
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a conventional version of the novel,
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he had fulfilled the contract,
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and then he said
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he didn’t want to go out like Mick Jagger —
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[laughs] playing “Satisfaction”,
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you know, for the eight millionth time.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:40:12
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.
So he went in and, you know, he had a better idea - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
So he went in and, you know, he had a better idea
[Bob Weide] And when he finally sat down and wrote - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[Bob Weide] And when he finally sat down and wrote
So you’d have a passage from the body of the story - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
So you’d have a passage from the body of the story
[Gregory Sumner] Vonnegut finished Timequake, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Gregory Sumner] Vonnegut finished Timequake,
They had an opening at the Borders flagship store. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
They had an opening at the Borders flagship store.
Very interesting to me how he continually kind of thought, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
Very interesting to me how he continually kind of thought,
I actually have an idea for one more book. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
I actually have an idea for one more book.
[laughter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
[laughter]
[woman] Mr. Vonnegut, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[woman] Mr. Vonnegut,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Vonnegut shows that - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Vonnegut shows that
The point is not the end, it’s the journey. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
The point is not the end, it’s the journey.
[narrator reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
[narrator reading]
[narrator] “They were Robert Weide, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
[narrator] “They were Robert Weide,
Yeah, finding myself in a Vonnegut book - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Yeah, finding myself in a Vonnegut book
The sad thing about Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
The sad thing about Timequake
[answering machine beeps] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[answering machine beeps]
Uh, Bernie died at 10:00 Eastern Standard Time here, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Uh, Bernie died at 10:00 Eastern Standard Time here,
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
[laughing]
[Bob Weide] After Timequake, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Bob Weide] After Timequake,
[waves crashing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[waves crashing]