影片取材自同名小说，以二战为背景的奥德赛传奇，穿越多个时空和幻想场景。经GlennGould授权，该片采用了他演奏的巴赫音乐。PlotSummaryforSlaughterhouse-Five(1972)"Listen:BilliePilgrimhascomeunstuckintime."Theopeningwordsofthefamousnovelarethequickestsummaryofthishaunting,funnyfilm.DirectorHillfaithfullyrendersforthescreenVonnegut’sobsessivestoryofPilgrim,whosurvivesthe1945firebombingofDresden,thenlivessimultaneouslyinhispastasayoungAmericanPOW,inthefutureasawell-cared-forresidentofazooontheplanetTralfamadore,andinthepresentasamiddle-agedoptometristinIlium,N.Y.SummarywrittenbyAnonymous
