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California Typewriter
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California Typewriter is a story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. The film is a meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough and others.
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Documentary
Actors:
Silvi Alcivar, Ken Alexander, Tom Hanks, Martin Howard, Jeremy Mayer, John Mayer, David McCullough, Herbert Permillion, Richard Polt, Anthony Rocco, Sam Shepard, ...»
Director:
Doug Nichol
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SFist
September 29, 2017 A love letter to the outdated, be it typewriters, thank you notes, mom and pop repair shops, or creativity that doesn't start with turning a computer on first.
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Film Threat
November 08, 2017 The questions this documentary raises, in between all the human stories and history it teaches, will definitely haunt you as the credits roll.
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San Francisco Examiner
September 29, 2017 ... a retro-fun salute to the analog age and a thoughtful consideration of how digital technology affects our lives.
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Globe and Mail
October 27, 2017 I enjoyed this film about typewriters so much that I feel guilty writing this review on a computer instead of a Smith Corona.
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Los Angeles Times
August 31, 2017 A rich, thoughtful, meticulously crafted tapestry about the evolution of the beloved writing machine for purists, history buffs, collectors and others fighting to preserve or re-embrace analog life.
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Washington Post
September 07, 2017 Although the film would benefit from a more reined-in focus, "California Typewriter" is a love letter to an antiquated device - one that retains its charm and utility even in the digital age.
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Boston Globe
September 21, 2017 Suffusing the documentary is an almost religious reverence for this mundane and obsolete mechanical apparatus. Not that it's undeserved.
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Toronto Star
October 27, 2017 There are two ready-made audiences for this doc and both will benefit from seeing it.
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Arizona Republic
September 14, 2017 The best thing is that Nichol doesn't adopt a luddite stance. He doesn't try to impart the evils of technology, at least not much.
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NOW Toronto
October 25, 2017 If California Typewriter slightly overstays its welcome, as Nichol pushes past a natural end point to make the case for manual typewriters as the new vinyl... well, that seems somehow appropriate, too. Love has a way of blinding us to reality, after all.
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Solzy at the Movies
November 10, 2017 California Typewriter is a nostalgic documentary that will make you think about what life was like in the days before computers, smart phones, and the internet.
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