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He was meant to be a writer and, I think
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

He was meant to bea writer and, I think, for his own mental health,he had to write

He was meant to be
a writer and, I think, for his own mental health,
he had to write

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He was meant to be a writer and, I think,
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for his own mental health, he had to write.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:13
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.
[typewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[typewriter clacking]
He took his typewriter down there and he wrote - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He took his typewriter down there and he wrote
It’s like if a book were written by a starving man, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:16
It’s like if a book were written by a starving man,
[narrator] “Trout, the author of 87 paperback books. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[narrator] “Trout, the author of 87 paperback books.
“was a very poor man, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
“was a very poor man,
He does appear and reappear - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
He does appear and reappear
So he’s not a very consistent character - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
So he’s not a very consistent character
[Gregory Sumner] Trout was based on - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Gregory Sumner] Trout was based on
Vonnegut met him when he was down on his luck - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
Vonnegut met him when he was down on his luck
So he admired Sturgeon but he also saw — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
So he admired Sturgeon but he also saw —
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Trout’s employer and co-workers - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Trout’s employer and co-workers
I think, psychologically, Kilgore Trout - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I think, psychologically, Kilgore Trout
One woman said that Kilgore in the different books - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
One woman said that Kilgore in the different books
I think it’s pretty clear that he’s an alter ego of Kurt’s. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I think it’s pretty clear that he’s an alter ego of Kurt’s....
Most authors will say that, you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Most authors will say that, you know,
My position is it’s all I have to talk about, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
My position is it’s all I have to talk about,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] In 1965, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[Jerome Klinkowitz] In 1965,
- [cow bells clanking] - [mooing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
- [cow bells clanking] - [mooing]
Most of the other MFA students, they hadn’t read him. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Most of the other MFA students, they hadn’t read him.
They had written him off on the basis of his reputation - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
They had written him off on the basis of his reputation