“California Typewriter” might center on a small, beleaguered typewriter repair shop in Berkeley, Calif., but this quirky, obsessive documentary is about so much more than broken keys and busted type wheels. It’s really about how we create art.
So said the NYT but I found the film to be more about machine-mediated expression and the importance of a visceral experience even if mediated. Also, unlike their digital counterparts, typewriters require a faithful commitment. Faith in the sincerity and truthfulness of the expression and that once you commit, the expression exists apart from critical insecurity.
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“anyone who loves machines, poetry or, better yet, the poetry of machines should see it” –TIME
“rich, thoughtful, meticulously crafted” – LA Times
