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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

We live decade by decade now, and, uh, people write booksabout this decade and then the...

We live decade by decade now, and, uh, people write books
about this decade and then the next decade, and I belong to the ’60s,
I guess, and not the ’70s

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We live decade by decade now,
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and, uh, people write books about this decade
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and then the next decade,
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and I belong to the ’60s, I guess, and not the ’70s.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:58
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.
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
We all need more people in our lives, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
We all need more people in our lives,
They can be imbeciles ’cause what matters — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
They can be imbeciles ’cause what matters —
[applause] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:18
[applause]
[Kurt Vonnegut] As I told you, I studied anthropology, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[Kurt Vonnegut] As I told you, I studied anthropology,
I just couldn’t stand primitive people, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
I just couldn’t stand primitive people,
[laughing] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:14
[laughing]
And then at the last minute, he said, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And then at the last minute, he said,