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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

When I asked, “How longhave you been here?” “Oh, I’ve just had a buttor two,” he would...

When I asked, “How long
have you been here?” “Oh, I’ve just had a butt
or two,” he would say, or, “I just — I just got here.” There were enough butts
out there, so you had to believe… he’d arrived
when it was still dark

Full Transcript

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When I asked, “How long have you been here?”
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“Oh, I’ve just had a butt or two,” he would say,
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or, “I just — I just got here.”
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There were enough butts out there,
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so you had to believe…
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he’d arrived when it was still dark.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:31
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.
Well, it’s practically over, thank God, I’m — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:05
Well, it’s practically over, thank God, I’m —
There won’t be that much more of — - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
There won’t be that much more of —
[Morley Safer] When Kurt got older and more cranky - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[Morley Safer] When Kurt got older and more cranky
Some of you may know about my class action suit. - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:04
Some of you may know about my class action suit.
It’s, uh — they’re manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
It’s, uh — they’re manufacturers of Pall Mall cigarettes...
And — [clears throat] I have been chain smoking these - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
And — [clears throat] I have been chain smoking these
[laughter] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[laughter]
[laughter, applause] - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
[laughter, applause]
You know, you’ve done what you’re gonna do, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
You know, you’ve done what you’re gonna do,
[man] So there he is, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
[man] So there he is,
It was almost like somebody, um, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:07
It was almost like somebody, um,
Anything he wanted to write he could have gotten published, - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:06
Anything he wanted to write he could have gotten published,
[reading] “What is it, what can it possibly be about blow jobs and golf?” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:09
[reading] “What is it, what can it possibly be about blow jo...
[reading] “Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:08
[reading] “Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our num...
[reading] “What are people for?” - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 00:10
[reading] “What are people for?”
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]