The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)

If you are reading this review, you at least like typed words.
You like typed words if you are reading this review and considering this movie. Great start!

I am a writer. I just bought a 1958 Royal Futura 800 from Bob Green in Amherst (one of the gentlemen interviewed in this movie). I love it. It has changed my writing world.

The typewriter is there when I am ready to write. There is more to it than just not being distracted by the laptop fan and internet. The manual typewriter sits precisely where you left it, at one spot on the page, whether you go away for a minute, or for a day. The next key you hit is the next printed letter, regardless of when you hit it. There is no screensaver. There is no hibernation. There is no re-booting. It is silent and ready, a sentry with one purpose: to put my thoughts immediately to paper.

Why use a typewriter as an author? It makes me think. I can type faster than I can think; I needed a set of "brakes" to slow down; a computer keyboard and mouse was not enough. It's...

Very interesting
I like the fact that the typewriter has a personality and that so many people really enjoyed using the typewriter.
The conversion of an old typewriter with an iPad for the output was very unique.

Katharine Gibbs Girl
Old school me misses the sound of a typewriter keyboard never mind the orchestra that played in my typing classes in both high school with manual machines and Katharine Gibbs (Montclair, NJ Class of 1975) with several IBM models in class.

A very enjoyable and informative documentary that I highly recommend to any who remember life before word processing or those interested in taking a look back.

Interested in buying a vintage machine? I saw a sneek preview on My Habitat earlier this week.

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