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• «California Typewriter»: A wonderful documentary about the joy of these almost obsolete machines and the people who still repair and use them.

It's a fascinating story, well - told by Nichol, and I think California Typewriter is enjoyable and worthwhile viewing for most anyone, even those who have never sampled the tactile pleasures of banging out an article, story, poem, or note on a trusty typewriter.

Doug Nichol's friendly and ruminative documentary California Typewriter concerns a piece of analog tech that still has an alchemical power.

«California Typewriter makes a compelling case for typewriters by talking to its diverse congregation.»

Yet while watching California Typewriter and listening to Tom Hanks, John Meyer, Sam Shepard, David McCulloch, a handful of collectors, and the dedicated employees of the namesake repair and sales shop in Berkeley, California, I found myself caught up in that romantic notion.

HANDOUT IMAGE: A scene from the film, California Typewriter.

Taking its name from an Oakland repair shop, «California Typewriter» opens with the reminiscence of musician Mason Williams, who, with his friend, painter Ed Ruscha, once threw a Royal typewriter out the window of a moving car, documenting the predictable results, with photographer Robert Blackwell, in the 1967 art book «Royal Road Test.»

The true heart of «California Typewriter» is the struggling shop, whose owner, Herb Permillion III, takes pride in a skill that is all but extinct.

California Typewriter premiered at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.

California Typewriter Documentary on a Berkeley repair shop, it's challenge to remain open and some of the collectors and enthusiasts who share a passion for the aging machines.

After Love Beach Rats California Typewriter Crooked House Crown Heights Dismissed Good Time The Hitman's Bodyguard Leap!

The Bert Berns Story (Abramorama) California Typewriter (Gravitas Ventures)

California Typewriter is a love letter to the iconic writing instrument and an ode to the bygone days of analog glory,

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The January selection was the luminous documentary «California Typewriter,» directed by Doug Nichol, screening Sunday, January 7, also at 2 pm.

California Typewriter captures a bittersweet moment in our shared cultural history when the typewriter faces extinction.

Fri and Sat, Dec 8 and 9 California Typewriter 7 pm @ IU Fine Arts Upstairs BPM (Beats Per Minute) 7:30 @ IU Fine Arts Downstairs Spettacolo 8 pm @ IU School of Global and International Studies

As automation and robotics become more ubiquitous, California Typewriter feels remarkably relevant and, thankfully, a bit hopeful.

RadioWest — November 14, 2017: Filmmaker Doug Nichol joins Doug Fabrizio to discuss his documentary California Typewriter.

Television Distribution / HBO Documentary Films, Vermilion Films) Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds — Directors: Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens (HBO / Bloomfish Pictures, HBO Documentary Films, Insurgent Docs, RatPac Documentary Films) California Typewriter — Director: Doug Nichol (Gravitas Ventures / American Buffalo Pictures) Chasing Coral — Director: Jeff Orlowski (Netflix / Exposure Labs) City of Ghosts — Director: Matthew Heineman (Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films / Our Time Projects) Cries From Syria — Director: Evgeny Afineevsky (HBO / Afineevsky — Tolmor Production, Cinepost Barrandov, Levy Entertainment Group, Studio Malibu) Dawson City: Frozen Time — Director: Bill Morrison (Kino Lorber / Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures) Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis — Director: Colin Hanks (HBO / Live Nation Productions, Company Name) Ex Libris: The New York Public Library — Director: Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah Films) Faces Places — Directors: Agnès Varda & JR (Cohen Media Group / Ciné Tamaris, Social Animals, Rouge International, Arte France Cinéma, Arches Films) Jane — Director: Brett Morgen (National Geographic Documentary Films / National Geographic Studios, Public Road Productions) Kedi — Director: Ceyda Torun (Oscilloscope Laboratories, YouTube Red / Termite Films) One of Us — Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady (Netflix / Loki Films) Spettacolo — Directors: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen (Grasshopper Film / Open Face) Strong Island — Director: Yance Ford (Netflix / Yanceville Films, Louverture Films)

But more than anything, it was about his affection for the Permissions and key employee Ken Alexander, and his desire to do something to ensure California Typewriter's continued existence.

But «California Typewriter» is about a lot more.

The nominations for California Typewriter are Best Documentary, Best First Documentary and Doug Nichol for Best Director.

California Typewriter.

The film, which first began as a brief look at a struggling Berkeley repair and sales shop called California Typewriter, was expanded to explore the heart and soul of the device as well as to profile a cross-section of typewriter aficionados.

Fri and Sat, Nov 17 and 18 California Typewriter 7 pm @ IU Fine Arts Upstairs The Paris Opera 7:30 @ IU Fine Arts Downstairs Spettacolo 8 pm @ IU School of Global and International Studies

BEST DIRECTOR Evgeny Afineevsky — Cries from Syria (HBO / Afineevsky — Tolmor Production, Cinepost Barrandov, Levy Entertainment Group, Studio Malibu) Amir Bar - Lev — Long Strange Trip (Amazon / Amazon Studios, Double E Pictures, Sikelia Productions, AOMA Sunshine Films) Matthew Heineman — City of Ghosts (Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films / Our Time Projects) Bill Morrison — Dawson City: Frozen Time (Kino Lorber / Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures) Doug Nichol — California Typewriter (Gravitas Ventures / American Buffalo Pictures) Jeff Orlowski — Chasing Coral (Netflix / Exposure Labs) Irene Taylor Brodsky — Beware the Slenderman (HBO, Warner Bros..

«California Typewriter» gets its title by way of a Berkeley, Calif., sales and repair shop.

Doug Nichol's documentary «California Typewriter» is 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.

But like any great documentary, California Typewriter is about much more than its subject matter.

Although the film would benefit from a more reined - in focus, «California Typewriter» is a love letter to an antiquated device - one that retains its charm and utility even in the digital age.

If California Typewriter slightly overstays its welcome, as Nichol pushes past a natural end point to make the case for manual typewriters as the new vinyl... well, that seems somehow appropriate, too.

California Typewriter is a nostalgic documentary that will make you think about what life was like in the days before computers, smart phones, and the internet.

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.

Critic Consensus: California Typewriter is an affectionate, nostalgic love letter to the typed word from enthusiasts and experts alike.