Interview with Christopher Lockett on Typewriter movie

Here's an interview with Christopher Lockett in The Los Angeles Downtown News.

His film "The Typewriter (In the 21st Century)" starts a one-week run at the Downtown Independent theater in LA tomorrow.

In the interview I'm referred to as the guy who "runs the Typosphere." We know, of course, that the typosphere is gloriously anarchic — I disclaim any such authority.

But I do like the saying on one of the shirts created by artist Louise Marler, referred to in the interview: "Talk QWERTY to Me!"

Another Typewriter Repair Store

I never get tired of reading these articles. Here's one from The Record titled Typewriter shop keeps aging relics clicking. It seems rather common that most of the typewriter businesses added a computer and printer sales and service side.

I had a laugh when McLemore described a typewriter to someone who didn't know what one was. I've actually described is similarly to kids, minus the bit about the memory.

Typewriter brings $1,000,000

The Typewriter film screening in L.A. starting May 10

From Christopher Lockett:

The film is getting a short theatrical release here in LA at the Downtown Independent Theater. Very proud that the film is screening at that particular theater. It's got 222 stadium seats, sells craft beer and wine and is very indie friendly. This film is about as "indie" as cinema gets. This is remarkably good news to me - the odds of a sub- $10K independently produced, hour-long documentary getting any kind of theatrical release are never in the filmmaker's favor. We always figured the film would reach its audience online and on television. A theatrical release is literally unheard of for such a film. 

The link to the Facebook event page is below. It's a public event, so the page should be viewable even to people who aren't on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/events/452293724849389/

Download the press release here.

Help us celebrate the film’s theatrical run with a kickoff event at:

Downtown Independent Theater

251 S. Main St.

Los Angeles, CA 90012

213.617.1033

http://www.downtownindependent.com

Friday, May 10, 2013

Screenings @ 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Doors open for reception at 7 p.m.

Q&A with the filmmakers after the 8 p.m. screening.

$10 – advanced online ticket sales through theater website.

The event features typewriters once owned by Ernest Hemingway, Jack

London, Tennessee Williams, and Orson Welles – from the collection

of Steve Soboroff.

Louise Marler’s typerwriter-themed art, jewelry, and t-shirts will also

be on display and for sale. http://www.lamarler.com/

The film features 30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with Pulitzer Prize and

National Book Award winning authors Robert Caro and David McCullough,

collectors, repairmen, artists, musicians, inventors, and bloggers from The

Typosphere - an online gathering place for typewriter enthusiasts.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

http://typewritermovie.com

Director Christopher Lockett: 323-252-3683

Producer Gary Nicholson: 310-654-3588

New York City type-in on April 21

For anyone who missed the announcement, Mike McGettigan is organizing a type-in in NYC on the 21st -- and big media will be there.

Get a poster here and RSVP in the comments.

Type-IN NYC

“A jam session

for manual typewriters

and the people who love them.”

@ Theatre 80 (Next to William Barnacle Tavern and

below Museum of the American Gangster)

80 St. Marks Place (Between 1st & 2nd Ave)

Subway: N,R to 8 St. NYU / 6 to Astor Place

- Speed typing showdown

- Snail mail letter session

- Q & A with typewriter experts

- Typewriter swap (Manuals Only)

Graciously hosted by Theatre 80 and William Barnacle Tavern

Free to all ages (Bring functioning manual typewriters -orstamped

envelope) For more info/updates: phillytyper.com

Sunday 4/21•1 to 4 pm

Dunk cookies and read poems with the typosphere

Here's a shout-out to typospherians Zac Burlingame (An *sshole With A Typewriter) and Sam Feller (Awkward Engineer), who are launching Kickstarter projects.

Zac is publishing a poetry chapbook and Sam has created The Ultimate in Cookie Dunking Technology. You can pledge as much or as little as you like to support their projects.

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Casting for Feature 'Typewriter', actresses and actors needed 22-35

"Typewriter" is a new Motion Picture from Award Winning Director R. Hall. The project will be a feature film about an author named Eddie, who is currently at work with a crime novel. It's set to take place back and forth from his experiences in real life and how he transcribes them in parable onto his page. He's also probably the last person on Earth to use a typewriter. We are planning on shooting a "Pitch Trailer" for the film to gain financing for a September shoot. Our planned budget hopes to be a tad more than $100,000. If cast, we'd like you to help shoot the pitch trailer with us and once we get financing, come back on board and shoot the whole movie. And yes, if we get our proposed budget you will get paid :)

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Hunter S. Thompson on typewriting

INTERVIEWER What is your instrument in composing? You are one of the few writers I know who still uses an electric typewriter. What's wrong with a personal computer?

 THOMPSON I've tried. There is too much temptation to go over the copy and rewrite I guess I've never grown accustomed to the silent, non-clacking of the keys and the temporary words put up on the screen. I like to think that when I type something on this [pointing to the typewriter], when I'm finished with it, it's good. I haven't gotten past the second paragraph on a word processor. Never go back and rewrite while you're working. Keep on it as if it were final.

—Source

Thanks to Amy Freeborn.

Vintage Sounds at NPR

NPR (National Public Radio in the U.S.) is running a series on "Vintage Sounds" -- the disappearance of the sounds of old technology. They're looking for contributions from the public, if anyone happens to know someone with access to a noisy hunk of old machinery. Gee, I might be able to find one around here somewhere...

The first piece ran on Monday and was about film cameras: you can hear the audio and read a transcript on their web site.

To contribute, fill out their contact form with "Vintage Sound" in the subject line.

https://www.fuzeqna.com/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx