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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

It was a swell experiencefor me, because I learned to writejournalistic style, which was...

It was a swell experience
for me, because I learned to write
journalistic style, which was to be clear
and don’t bluff, and also to say
as much as possible, as quickly as possible

Full Transcript

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It was a swell experience for me,
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because I learned to write journalistic style,
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which was to be clear and don’t bluff,
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and also to say as much as possible,
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as quickly as possible.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:20
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.
I give away the big secrets in the first page - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I give away the big secrets in the first page
Yeah, I suppose I knew about one person in ten - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
Yeah, I suppose I knew about one person in ten
Particularly close friend of mine was - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
Particularly close friend of mine was
Yeah, he died of spinal meningitis - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:21
Yeah, he died of spinal meningitis
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[laughing]
[indistinct chatter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[indistinct chatter]
[Bob Weide] It was really interesting - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Bob Weide] It was really interesting
Many of them, I assume, hadn’t seen each other - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Many of them, I assume, hadn’t seen each other
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[laughing]
I was in North Africa and they sent me to China, Burma, India, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I was in North Africa and they sent me to China, Burma, Indi...
- Mustard gas? Where? - Yeah. Well, we were… - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
- Mustard gas? Where? - Yeah. Well, we were…
The movies give the impression that - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
The movies give the impression that
[school bell rings] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[school bell rings]
[Kurt Vonnegut] Anybody who’s been in the ground forces - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Kurt Vonnegut] Anybody who’s been in the ground forces
[explosions, rockets firing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
[explosions, rockets firing]
They were all dressed in white, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
They were all dressed in white,
[laughter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[laughter]
And after it was over, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
And after it was over,
[Kurt Vonnegut] So all the captured Americans, prisoners of war, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Kurt Vonnegut] So all the captured Americans, prisoners of ...
[Kurt Vonnegut] “The skyline was intricate - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Kurt Vonnegut] “The skyline was intricate