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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

When you go throughall the various drafts and iterations ofSlaughterhouse-Fivethrough the...

When you go through
all the various drafts and iterations of
Slaughterhouse-Five
through the years, you become very aware of
Vonnegut’s struggle and his perseverance

Full Transcript

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When you go through all the various drafts
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and iterations of Slaughterhouse-Five through the years,
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you become very aware of Vonnegut’s struggle
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and his perseverance.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:29
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.
Some drafts are written first person, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
Some drafts are written first person,
Sometimes the narrator is already dead, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Sometimes the narrator is already dead,
He’s constantly auditioning different openings for the book, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
He’s constantly auditioning different openings for the book,...
He’s often doodling and drawing on the pages - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
He’s often doodling and drawing on the pages
At one point, he gives up trying to write it - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
At one point, he gives up trying to write it
In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
In — In one version, uh, middle-age Billy Pilgrim
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computers, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
And remember, this is, you know, in the days before computer...
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Sometimes he’s halfway through the novel
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
You just see him persevering and rewriting again and again,
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book; - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
It’s like he’s not just trying to get a bead on the book;...
And just when you think Dresden - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
And just when you think Dresden
[Edie Vonnegut] In 1969 when Slaughterhouse-Five came out, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[Edie Vonnegut] In 1969 when Slaughterhouse-Five came out,
The current idol of the country’s - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
The current idol of the country’s
Slaughterhouse-Five was the breakthrough - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
Slaughterhouse-Five was the breakthrough
It was in the ugliest phase of the Vietnam War - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
It was in the ugliest phase of the Vietnam War
[Morley Safer] His gentle fantasies of peace - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[Morley Safer] His gentle fantasies of peace
[Edie Vonnegut] Fans would come to the door, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[Edie Vonnegut] Fans would come to the door,
[Nanny Vonnegut] The sudden money coming in - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
[Nanny Vonnegut] The sudden money coming in
I remember at the dinner table, he said, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
I remember at the dinner table, he said,
And then when that article came out - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:11
And then when that article came out