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Actors: Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Slaughterhouse-Five |
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This 1972 film (oddly sandwiched between director Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Little Big Man") brought Kurt Vonnegut's bestselling novel to the big screen. Billy Pilgrim is a plain everyguy who (like Vonnegut) survived capture by the Germans in World War II and the firebombing of Dresden in 1945. He's become "unstuck in time" -- bouncing between his wartime experiences; his "present" as an optometrist with a ballooning wife, dog, and two kids in Ilium, New York (and a near-fatal plane crash in the mountains that lays him up in the hospital); and a future, distant life as an exhibit in the zoo on the planet Tralfamadore (with the companionship of exotic dancer Montana Wildhack). The movie may be a bit puzzling for viewers who have not read the book, but it's nicely done, with a Glenn Gould score that leans heavily on Bach's Goldberg Variations and Brandenburg Concertos.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Time Travel:
- a lot of past and future travel
Time Travel Story?
Yes
To what time period?
- 1900-1960's
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Earth setting:
- medium future 22-24th century
- 20th Century (1950-1970)
- 20th Century (1900-1950)
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- inhabited by friendly aliens
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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