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  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary California Typewriter launches us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Delivering a thought-provoking view on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, director Doug Nichol explores the mythology attached to the classic typewriter, as cultural historians, collectors and various ...

Written By: Max Nichol

  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2017
  • TV-PG
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 43 m

California Typewriter

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary California Typewriter launches us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Delivering a thought-provoking view on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, director Doug Nichol explores the mythology attached to the classic typewriter, as cultural historians, collectors and various ...

Written By: Max Nichol

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100
Oct 26, 2017
There's a certain nostalgia at work here, but where the film really clicks is on the subject of the creative process and as a meditation on the human-machine dynamic.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
90
Aug 24, 2017
People who love typewriters--you know who you are--shouldn't tap the space bar once, let alone twice, before rushing to see Doug Nichol's agile, deeply affectionate documentary California Typewriter. But anyone who loves machines, poetry or, better yet, the poetry of machines should see it too.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
83
Aug 14, 2017
The overlong but charming documentary California Typewriter is an ode to the iconic writing instrument. I have to say I feel kind of guilty celebrating it on my word processor.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 17, 2017
Nichol has created a loving valentine to all the iconoclasts who resist what the rest of the world defines as progress.
By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 18, 2017
A lively and appealing analog-nostalgia documentary.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 15, 2017
It’s a compelling look at a valuable contraption that’s slipping through our grasp, and will send many viewers to flea markets and eBay for one of their own.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 7, 2017
Although many of its subjects are endearing characters, the film’s scattered approach undermines its point about the simple endurance of an artifact.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW

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Production Company American Buffalo Pictures
Release Date Aug 18, 2017
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline the revolution will be typewritten
Website http://californiatypewritermovie.com/
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Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 3 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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