Breakfast of Champions

Peter J. Schledorn pjs at harpo.admin.unc.edu
Sat Sep 18 09:40:08 PDT 1999


On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Jim heartfield wrote:


> Did anyone see the recentish version of Slaughterhouse Five.
> Production values of a TV production, but good to see Nick Nolte play
> the lead. The cover with it's Stars and Stripes Swastika sent a chill
> (or thrill) through my childhood.

That was Mother Night. Excellent book, but I haven't seen the movie.


> Was that the Vonnegut with the terrible descriptions of clearing out the
> corpses after the firebombing of Dresden, or was that the time travel
> one (and is that Breakfast of Champions?)? I have them all mixed up now.

Both (that is, both figured in the story)--and that was Slaughterhouse Five.

Best, Peter



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