California Typewriter

2016

Action / Documentary

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 82% · 40 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1144 1.1K

technology collector typewriter repair shop

Plot summary

A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough and others.

Director

Doug Nichol Photo
Doug Nichol

Top cast

Tom Hanks Photo
Tom Hanks as Himself
John Mayer Photo
John Mayer as Himself
Sam Shepard Photo
Sam Shepard as Himself
David McCullough Photo
David McCullough as Himself
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
763.03 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 1
1.58 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by interactbiz 8 / 10

Fascinating

I stumbled over this documentary and was soon captured. Perhaps because I recalled 10-year-old me beginning an unwritten novel on mother's new Smith Corona portable and 14-year-old me banging on clunky manuals in middle school typing classes. I suspect that for many of the collectors featured in this show, now-impractical devices trigger nostalgic yearnings for times when life seemed less complicated and more enjoyable.Filmmaker Doug Nichol offers both recognizable celebrities and little-known folks, each with their own level of interest in, or obsession for, fading technology. Another juxtaposition involves people preserving outdated machines and a sculptor deconstructing them to give machine parts new life in unique art forms.As the program evolves, it becomes less about machines and more about the people who treasure them.
Reviewed by atom-32037 8 / 10

Great for the typewriter and writer enthusiast.

I am a writer. I have children who love to explore, tinker and create. This documentary has given me the insight and freedom to move the broken and working into different categories. I adore fixing manual typewriters and keeping them in pristine condition. But having children and this doc I now also enjoy them using the broken pieces or very damaged typewriters for other usage. Art, animatronics, fixing other toys etc. As I say, they are fixed and they are now usable. I wish people would use them. Even I unfortunately don't use them. Technology has long surpassed them. But every once and a while I take one out of storage, type whatever my heart desires and enjoy it much like a glass of fine wine. C'est la vie.
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