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General Electric showed me a milling machine
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

General Electric showed mea milling machine which was being runby punch cards that could...

General Electric showed me
a milling machine which was being run
by punch cards that could do it better than
a man could

Full Transcript

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General Electric showed me a milling machine
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which was being run by punch cards
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that could do it better than a man could.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:38
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.
They were worried about what they’d done - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
They were worried about what they’d done
I was so optimistic about science - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:14
I was so optimistic about science
- [laughter] - And, uh, instead, of course, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
- [laughter] - And, uh, instead, of course,
After seeing what scientific truth could do, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
After seeing what scientific truth could do,
[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