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It was a much better living to write short stories
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It was a much better livingto write short stories, which he could crank outin a couple of...

It was a much better living
to write short stories, which he could crank out
in a couple of weeks

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It was a much better living to write short stories,
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which he could crank out in a couple of weeks.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:32
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.
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,
[Edie Vonnegut] She’s writing to editors, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Edie Vonnegut] She’s writing to editors,
[Nanny Vonnegut] They were very passionate, long letters, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Nanny Vonnegut] They were very passionate, long letters,
[Mark Vonnegut] I mean, she believed in him - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Mark Vonnegut] I mean, she believed in him
[Ginger Strand] One day, while he was still working at GE, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:14
[Ginger Strand] One day, while he was still working at GE,
Yeah. Well, this is a letter dated October 28, 1949. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
Yeah. Well, this is a letter dated October 28, 1949.
[reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[reading]
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[continues reading]
[continues reading] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[continues reading]
And father glued this to a piece of Masonite - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
And father glued this to a piece of Masonite
“An oath, an oath, I have an oath in Heaven: - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:17
“An oath, an oath, I have an oath in Heaven:
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[laughing]
In a period of a few months, I had made more money than - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
In a period of a few months, I had made more money than