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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Life was a very seriousbusiness, and it inspired me to tryand write funny books, that...

[laughing] Life was a very serious
business, and it inspired me to try
and write funny books, that this was a good thing to do
with a life is to be funny

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Life was a very serious business,
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and it inspired me to try and write funny books,
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that this was a good thing to do with a life is to be funny.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:32
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.
[Kurt Vonnegut] It was an extraordinary high school, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Kurt Vonnegut] It was an extraordinary high school,
This is where I got my foundation in chemistry, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
This is where I got my foundation in chemistry,
My parents worked on it, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
My parents worked on it,
I learned to write for peers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
I learned to write for peers,
It was a swell experience for me, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:15
It was a swell experience for me,
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]