Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

{{Short description|American documentary}}

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| writer = Robert B. Weide

| producer = Robert B. Weide

| starring = Kurt Vonnegut
Robert B. Weide

| music = Alex Mansour

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| distributor = IFC Films

| released = {{film date|2021|11|11|DOC NYC}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is a 2021 American documentary film, directed by Robert B. Weide.{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=2021-11-19 |title='Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time' Review: A Portrait of the Fabled Writer Who Turned Darkness Into Play |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review-robert-b-weide-1235115093/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Variety}}{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Pippa |date=2022-07-27 |title=Swapping the sunshine for the dark fatalism of Kurt Vonnegut |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/07/swapping-the-sunshine-for-the-dark-fatalism-of-kurt-vonnegut |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Empire|date=21 July 2022 }}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-24 |title=Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time review – a satisfyingly intimate profile |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/24/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review-a-satisfyingly-intimate-profile-robert-b-weide |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Freebury |first=Jane |date=2022-07-08 |title=Doco a tribute to celebrated writer |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7807424/doco-a-tribute-to-celebrated-writer/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=The Canberra Times |language=en-AU}}

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Kurt Vonnegut's life and work. At the same time, it explores the process of making this film, which started 40 years earlier.

Cast

The cast includes Jerome Klinkowitz, Sidney Offit, Morley Safer, Daniel Simon, and David L. Ulin.{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=2021-11-18 |title='Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time' Review: An Idol Shares the Camera |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/movies/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |issn=0362-4331}}

Release and reception

The film premiered at the 2021 DOC NYC film festival.{{Cite web |title=KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME |url=https://www.docnyc.net/film/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=DOC NYC |language=en-US}} In a review in The Hollywood Reporter, Angie Han wrote, "does, in the end, feel like a true act of friendship. If that isn’t nice, what is?"{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |date=2021-11-18 |title='Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-review-1235048960/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} IndieWire's review, commented that the film "is at its best during the occasional stretches in which it candidly unpacks its own creation."{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=2021-11-19 |title='Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time' Review: A Flawed but Loving Documentary 40 Years in the Making |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time-documentary-review-1234680381/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=IndieWire}}

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