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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

“What are people for?” ♪ The things thatwere depressing him were no secret

[reading]
“What are people for?” ♪ [Bob Weide] The things that
were depressing him were no secret

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[reading] “What are people for?”
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♪
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[Bob Weide] The things that were depressing him
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were no secret.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
01:46:42
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.
There was his domestic situation, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
There was his domestic situation,
We had a lot of conversations, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
We had a lot of conversations,
He was also outraged about how we were - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
He was also outraged about how we were
The last thing I ever wanted… - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
The last thing I ever wanted…
[laughter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[laughter]
He believed, uh, that this could be wonderful - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
He believed, uh, that this could be wonderful
I don’t think there’s any question - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
I don’t think there’s any question
And there’s a certain resolution in saying I’ve said it all. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And there’s a certain resolution in saying I’ve said it all....
[man] What he did, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
[man] What he did,
In that, uh, first interview, he used the phrase - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
In that, uh, first interview, he used the phrase
“They cannot care because they are nuts.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
“They cannot care because they are nuts.”
His own good name as an American was being trashed. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
His own good name as an American was being trashed.
When I saw a photograph of the Iraqi kids, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:14
When I saw a photograph of the Iraqi kids,
And I didn’t think it was amusing or wonderful at all - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
And I didn’t think it was amusing or wonderful at all
[applause] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[applause]
He wrote about things that were important to him, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
He wrote about things that were important to him,
[Jerome Klinkowitz] I doubt if he was paid for it, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Jerome Klinkowitz] I doubt if he was paid for it,
Turned out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Turned out,
We cancelled, at his request, that book twice, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:13
We cancelled, at his request, that book twice,
I mean, he really thought about that, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
I mean, he really thought about that,