To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
I was so optimistic about science
Please log in to add to collections.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

I was so optimistic aboutscience during the Great Depression that I almost believed...

I was so optimistic about
science during the Great Depression that I almost believed that,
uh, by 1945, we would have cornered God, taken a color photograph of him, and printed it on the cover of
Popular Mechanics

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.958
I was so optimistic about science
00:00:03.089 --> 00:00:04.308
during the Great Depression
00:00:04.438 --> 00:00:08.138
that I almost believed that, uh, by 1945,
00:00:08.268 --> 00:00:09.704
we would have cornered God,
00:00:09.835 --> 00:00:11.402
taken a color photograph of him,
00:00:11.532 --> 00:00:14.013
and printed it on the cover of Popular Mechanics.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:56
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
- [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
He probably needed to prove it to himself - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He probably needed to prove it to himself
In spite of the rejection letters that piled up, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
In spite of the rejection letters that piled up,