- Kurt Vonnegut courageously travels into the afterlife to interview the dearly (and not so dearly) departed, exploring death all the while paying tribute to life.
- Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter On The Afterlife
Laugh, cry and contemplate the infinite, as one of America's most influential novelists, Kurt Vonnegut dives headlong down the rabbit hole exploring death, all the while paying tribute to life.
With a wink and a nod, the eight episode TV miniseries brings his Public Radio broadcast "Kurt Vonnegut, Reporter On The Afterlife" to the screen. Vonnegut imagines that he can make one last, great contribution to humanity through a series of "controlled near-death experiences" that plunge him through death's door just long enough to interview the dearly (and not so dearly) departed.
The show stays true to the broadcast's original aesthetic: Surrealism pervades, blending heaven and earth, blurring the lines between reality and dreams. As Vonnegut navigates through history, time and space, he encounters the notable deceased, as well as angels, demons, love interests, and the crotchety yet philosophical Saint Peter, who strives to keep Vonnegut's journalistic aspirations in check.
Episode 1 In this fantastical comedy, beloved iconoclast, Kurt Vonnegut imagines himself as a roving reporter on the Afterlife. Tumbling out of the 'Blue Tunnel', he encounters a roster of (dearly and not-so-dearly) departed historical figures, Sir Isaac Newton, Hitler, Uncle Alex, Isaac Asimov, Vivian Hallinan, and Kilgore Trout while being kept back from returning to his Earthly body by the crotchety bureaucrat St. Peter.
This provocative exploration about who and what we live for shines a light on the uplifting truth Vonnegut embraced in life. "Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt."
Based on God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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