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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He and Jane studiedmagazines together to try to figure out whateditors might want to buy

He and Jane studied
magazines together to try to figure out what
editors might want to buy

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He and Jane studied magazines together
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to try to figure out what editors might want to buy.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:12
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.
[man] He was writing, writing, writing, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[man] He was writing, writing, writing,
General Electric showed me a milling machine - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
General Electric showed me a milling machine
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,