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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

?That’s an improvement.” - Huh? You gonna read — I don’t think anybody else is,I might as...

�That’s an improvement.” [bell dings] - Huh?
[man] You gonna read — I don’t think anybody else is,
I might as well, - because —
[laughter] God, it’s so boring,
there’s so much — [laughter] A lot of people got off the
Kurt Vonnegut band wagon, I don’t think they read him
as much after Breakfast of Champions

Full Transcript

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“That’s an improvement.”
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[bell dings]
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- Huh? [man] You gonna read —
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I don’t think anybody else is, I might as well,
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- because — [laughter]
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God, it’s so boring, there’s so much —
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[laughter]
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A lot of people got off the Kurt Vonnegut band wagon,
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I don’t think they read him as much after
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Breakfast of Champions.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:28:43
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 can see his latter novels as a reflection of - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I can see his latter novels as a reflection of
He has this dream of extended family - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He has this dream of extended family
When he sort of stumbled a bit in some of his ’70s work, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
When he sort of stumbled a bit in some of his ’70s work,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Kurt Vonnegut said, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Kurt Vonnegut said,
They took that book as the occasion to attack - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
They took that book as the occasion to attack
He’s a bad writer from start to finish.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
He’s a bad writer from start to finish.”
We live decade by decade now, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
We live decade by decade now,
People dismissed him, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
People dismissed him,
As anyone who’s tried to write knows, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
As anyone who’s tried to write knows,
[Gregory Sumner] The accessibility of his style, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Gregory Sumner] The accessibility of his style,
Just because a junior in high school - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Just because a junior in high school
Vonnegut was championed by the people, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Vonnegut was championed by the people,
[cheering, applause] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:16
[cheering, applause]
The most sensible and constructive thought - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
The most sensible and constructive thought
We are all so close together in time - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
We are all so close together in time
Whenever my children complain about the planet to me, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
Whenever my children complain about the planet to me,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] He wanted to keep himself current - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Jerome Klinkowitz] He wanted to keep himself current
The two experiences that will try you most - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
The two experiences that will try you most
We are all so lonesome so much of the time - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
We are all so lonesome so much of the time
Do what you can to get yourselves extended families - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Do what you can to get yourselves extended families