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.
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The review of this Movie prepared by David Loftus
