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California Typewriter
December 10, 2017
Nov 17 – Dec 10 Single Tickets $5 Semester Passes $30
Q W E R T Y
The film features interviews with artists, writers, and collectors (including Tom Hanks, David McCullough and Sam Shepard) who remain steadfastly loyal to the typewriter as a tool and a muse. It also movingly documents the struggles of California Typewriter, one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated to keeping the aging machines clicking. In the process, filmmake delivers a thought-provoking meditation on the changing dynamic between humans and machines, and encourages us to consider our own relationship with technology, old and new, as the digital age’s emphasis on speed and convenience redefines who’s serving whom, human or machine?
California Typewriter is a
USA / 103 MINUTES / PRESENTED IN PART BY THE NEW YORK TIMES / WATCH THE TRAILER
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. –Time magazine
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. Oscar voters, keep this one in your sights. –LA Times
This quirky, obsessive documentary is about so much more than broken keys and busted type wheels. It’s really about how we create art. –The NY Times
Fri and Sat, Dec 8 and 9
California Typewriter 7pm @ IU Fine Arts Upstairs
BPM (Beats Per Minute) 7:30 @ IU Fine Arts Downstairs
Spettacolo 8pm @ IU School of Global and International Studies
Sun, Dec 10
California Typewriter 5:15 @ Bear’s Place – LAST CHANCE!
BPM (Beats Per Minute) 7:45 @ Bear’s Place