The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)
Documentary Film Screening
- When
- Sat May 25, 2013
- Where
- San Francisco Public Library: Koret Auditorium
- Time
- 3:00 PM-5:00PM
- Tags
- Movies, Documentary
Description
A film about a machine and the people who use, love and repair it.30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with authors, collectors, journalists, professors, bloggers, students, artists, inventors and repairmen who meet for 'Type-Ins' to both celebrate and use lo-tech typewriters in a plugged-in world.
Featuring authors Robert Caro and David McCullough - 4 Pulitzer Prizes, 3 National Book Awards and a Presidential Medal of Freedom between them - both typewriter users with much to say about process, drafts and revising in an instant world
Also featuring typewriters once owned by Jack Kerouac, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, George Bernard Shaw, Jack London, John Steinbeck, John Updike, Sylvia Plath, Ernie Pyle, Helen Keller, John Lennon, Herb Cain and Ray Bradbury.
The typewriter and the typewriter scene the film documents is surprisingly vital.
**A Q&A Session with the filmmakers will begin after the screening is over.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.typewritermovie.com
- Call
- 310-439-8301
- Contact Form (account required)
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