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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

??He carved these words,which are Thoreau’s, and it says,“Beware of all enterprises that...

��[Muzak] [Edie Vonnegut]
He carved these words,
which are Thoreau’s, and it says,
“Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes,” which led all of us children
to think we never had to get a job, - don’t you think?
- [chuckling] Kurt would write, like,
all stooped over on this low table

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[Edie Vonnegut] He carved these words, which are Thoreau’s,
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and it says, “Beware of all enterprises
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that require new clothes,”
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which led all of us children to think
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we never had to get a job,
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- don’t you think? - [chuckling]
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Kurt would write, like, all stooped over
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on this low table.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:16
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.
Your posture’s too good, you know, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Your posture’s too good, you know,
Also, he’d have his ankles crossed, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Also, he’d have his ankles crossed,
[clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
[clacking]
[typewriter clacking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[typewriter clacking]
He took a break once and wanted to sit me down - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
He took a break once and wanted to sit me down
And he said, “As soon as you think life is turning up roses, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And he said, “As soon as you think life is turning up roses,...
The magazines got knocked out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
The magazines got knocked out,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] TV is now controlling the entertainment industry, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Jerome Klinkowitz] TV is now controlling the entertainment ...
As he put it, television came - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
As he put it, television came
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Vonnegut realizes - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Jerome Klinkowitz] Vonnegut realizes
The problem was, he could get an advance for a novel, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
The problem was, he could get an advance for a novel,
It pretty quickly disappeared from the literary scene. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
It pretty quickly disappeared from the literary scene.
And then he spends 17 years writing every day - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
And then he spends 17 years writing every day
I think he wrote his best books here - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I think he wrote his best books here
You could tell. He was always talking about it, an idea. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
You could tell. He was always talking about it, an idea.
Just seeing what my — the chapters in his life, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
Just seeing what my — the chapters in his life,
[clicking] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:14
[clicking]
And I thought about it and realized - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And I thought about it and realized
[Edie Vonnegut] The situation was - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
[Edie Vonnegut] The situation was
So a tragedy was coming, it was inevitable, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
So a tragedy was coming, it was inevitable,