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[Kurt Vonnegut] “We Americans require
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

“We Americans require “symbols which arerichly colored “and three dimensionaland juicy,...

[Kurt Vonnegut]
“We Americans require “symbols which are
richly colored “and three dimensional
and juicy, “which have not been
poisoned by great sins “our nation has committed, “such as slavery and genocide,
and criminal neglect, or by tin-horned
commercial greed and cunning.” [Gregory Sumner]
He tells you
right at the beginning I’m trying to get the junk
out of my mind the debased language and
the lies and the racism

Full Transcript

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[Kurt Vonnegut] “We Americans require
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“symbols which are richly colored
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“and three dimensional and juicy,
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“which have not been poisoned by great sins
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“our nation has committed,
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“such as slavery and genocide, and criminal neglect,
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or by tin-horned commercial greed and cunning.”
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[Gregory Sumner] He tells you right at the beginning
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I’m trying to get the junk out of my mind
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the debased language and the lies and the racism.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:07
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.
For me, the real effect of Breakfast of Champions was - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
For me, the real effect of Breakfast of Champions was
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Kilgore Trout’s nation was by far the richest - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
[Kurt Vonnegut] “Kilgore Trout’s nation was by far the riche...
Fucking was how babies were made.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
Fucking was how babies were made.”
Thinking beyond what one would assume - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Thinking beyond what one would assume
[Kurt Vonnegut] In my new book, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Kurt Vonnegut] In my new book,
I finally acknowledge that I did invent him, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
I finally acknowledge that I did invent him,
Since anything I say in writing happens to him, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
Since anything I say in writing happens to him,
[Kurt Vonnegut] “I’m approaching my 50th birthday, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Kurt Vonnegut] “I’m approaching my 50th birthday,
“I’m cleansing and renewing myself - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
“I’m cleansing and renewing myself
“I’m going to set at liberty all the literary characters - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
“I’m going to set at liberty all the literary characters
You’re free.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
You’re free.”
“‘You’re afraid you’ll kill yourself - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
“‘You’re afraid you’ll kill yourself
It was a Marilyn Monroe thing, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
It was a Marilyn Monroe thing,
Suicide is supposedly a disgrace, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
Suicide is supposedly a disgrace,
Certainly, the starch went out of him pretty much. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Certainly, the starch went out of him pretty much.
As it should have, I mean, you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
As it should have, I mean, you know,
To have you wife dislike life that much, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
To have you wife dislike life that much,
“I heard my father and I saw my mother. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
“I heard my father and I saw my mother.
“My mother stayed far, far away, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
“My mother stayed far, far away,
“Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
“Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me