California Typewriter (2016)

California Typewriter: Directed by Doug Nichol. With Silvi Alcivar, Ken Alexander, Tom Hanks, Martin Howard. 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.

“Unlikely, but well-done documentary which examines the history and current status of the lowly typewriter via commentary from people having diverse perspectives: the long-established but struggling repair shop operators; the antiquity collectors of the earliest models; the people, some famous, who still use and romantically embrace their antiquated machines; a small group who performs percussive u0026#39;musicu0026#39; with typewriters; and a super creative artist who turns unusable typewriters and their parts into incredible pieces of art.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFilming, Editing, and musical soundtrack were superb.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIntelligent and entertaining, a historical, sociological, and philosophical all-in-one study well worth the price of admission.”