To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
This was gonna be a conventional author documentary
Please log in to add to collections.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

This was gonna be a conventionalauthor documentary with interviews with Kurt, his family,...

This was gonna be a conventional
author documentary with interviews with Kurt, his family, you know, biographers
and scholars, but not me

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.265
This was gonna be a conventional author documentary
00:00:05.701 --> 00:00:07.485
with interviews with Kurt,
00:00:08.051 --> 00:00:09.618
his family,
00:00:09.879 --> 00:00:12.403
you know, biographers and scholars,
00:00:12.534 --> 00:00:13.709
but not me.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:55
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
9.14 Pictures,Whyaduck Productions

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 don’t even like documentaries where the filmmaker - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I don’t even like documentaries where the filmmaker
But when you take almost 40 years to make a film, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
But when you take almost 40 years to make a film,
I was 23 when I first approached him - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
I was 23 when I first approached him
And I remember he was just about to turn 60, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
And I remember he was just about to turn 60,
And a couple months ago, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
And a couple months ago,
It all started for me at the same time as it started for - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
It all started for me at the same time as it started for
In my case, Sunny Hills High School, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
In my case, Sunny Hills High School,
[Kurt Vonnegut] How many of you have had a teacher - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:12
[Kurt Vonnegut] How many of you have had a teacher
There’s a door behind which my life would sort of change - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
There’s a door behind which my life would sort of change
[Bob Weide] Valerie Stevenson was the name of the teacher - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Bob Weide] Valerie Stevenson was the name of the teacher
I assigned a book to the students to read, um, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
I assigned a book to the students to read, um,
Looking back now as an educator of many years, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
Looking back now as an educator of many years,
It’s a pretty edgy book, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
It’s a pretty edgy book,
“To give an idea of the maturity - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:20
“To give an idea of the maturity
“The teachers told the children that this was when - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
“The teachers told the children that this was when
“Actually, millions of human beings were already living - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
“Actually, millions of human beings were already living
“That was simply the year in which sea pirates - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
“That was simply the year in which sea pirates
I just so connected to his philosophies, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
I just so connected to his philosophies,
He was the guy who made me think - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
He was the guy who made me think
He came in at the beginning of his senior year - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
He came in at the beginning of his senior year