The typewriter (in the 21st century)
a film about a machine and the people who love, use and repair it
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Contributions
- Janson Media - Contributor
Publication
2012 - , California
Language
English
Word Count
14,750 words, Guess
Page Count
59 pages
Physical Format
Video Recording
Identifiers
- ISBN-10156839456X
- ISBN-139781568394565
- OCLC Control Number846865697
- Open LibraryOL26920136M
Classifications
- DDC652.3
- LCCZ49 .T96 2012
Description
The film was inspired by a May, 2010 article in Wired magazine called "Meet the last generation of typewriter repairman." Director Christopher Lockett and producer Gary Nicholson discussed the importance of the typewriter in 20th-century literature, and agreed that the passing of the typewriter, a portable printing press that moved the world's communication technology from pen and ink to the QWERTY keyboards on today's computers, along with the highly skilled technicians who service them, should be documented. The film contains more than 30 interviews in 10 U.S. states with authors, collectors, journalists, professors, bloggers, students, artists, inventors and repairmen (and women) who meet up for "Type-In" gatherings to both celebrate and use their decidedly lo-tech typewriters in a plugged-in world. Authors Robert Caro and David McCullough, both typewriter users, talk about process and the value of slowing down, writing actual drafts and revising in a world of instant, draft-less editing.
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