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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Released Tuesday, 8th February 2022
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time

Tuesday, 8th February 2022
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Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new documentary 'Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time'! If this isn't nice, what is?

The documentary is by co-directors Robert B. Weide and Don Argott. Here's its website and how to watch: https://www.vonnegutmovie.com/

Vonneguys news: we're still returning once more, in 2022, for an episode about 'The Writer's Crusade' by Tom Roston. Find out more about that book here: www.abramsbooks.com/product/writers…_9781419744891/

SEGMENTS:Franken-Time (00:02:15)Summary Time (00:26:00)Highlight Reel (00:37:57)Vonne-MEH (00:56:30)The Meat (01:03:55)Robert B. Weide-grades (01:17:15)Related Reading (01:22:45)Vonnegut News (01:35:07)

LINKS for Related Reading:'Life Itself' documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382298/'Meeting People Is Easy' documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195909/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0'Too Funny To Fail' documentary, streaming on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/too-funny-to-fail-the-life-death-of-the-dana-carvey-show-c6c29995-0c40-4442-aed6-156bd11e2d9e'The Brothers Vonnegut' by Ginger Strand: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374536534'The Century Of The Self' documentary series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/

LINKS for background about this documentary:Library Of America interview with Robert B. Weide: https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1917-kurt-vonnegut-at-100-with-robert-weidetranscript of the "Why a duck?" scene in 'The Cocoanuts' (1929): https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/whyaduck.htmIMDb listings for Robert B. Weide: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004332/?ref_=tt_ov_wrIMDB listings for Don Argott: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034531/?ref_=tt_ov_dr'Kurt Vonnegut: Letters', edited by Dan Wakefield: https://bookshop.org/books/kurt-vonnegut-letters/9780385343763'The Brothers Vonnegut' by Ginger Strand: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374536534Review from RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-movie-review-2021Review from Variety: https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review-robert-b-weide-1235115093/Review from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056477983/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-remains-faithful-to-the-authors-spiritReview from the Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-11-18/review-kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-robert-b-weide-don-argott

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