Film
A documentary by Doug Nichol - 2016
California Typewriter
Martin and his collection are featured in Doug Nichol’s full length documentary ‘California Typewriter’ which had its premiere at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
The film explores the role of the typewriter in today’s popular culture, the creative relationships which people have with them and how the past is never far away. The film includes some well-known people who continue to use and admire manual typewriters. Among them are Sam Shepard, John Mayer, David McCullough, and Tom Hanks.
Conversation with Fred Minnick (3:45 minutes) – Frontier Filmmakers
Review – Hollywood Reporter
Review – Deadline Hollywood
California Typewriter – website
Directed by Guillermo del Toro - 2015
Crimson Peak
The Props Master working on Guillermo del Toro’s film Crimson Peak, needed a portable typewriter from 1910 that would be a gift to Jessica Chastain, an author, from her husband Tom Hiddleston.
The typewriter that they used was the Standard Folding 1. An intriguing little machine with a carriage that folds over onto the keyboard, allowing it to fit into a very small box.
Renowned Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti stars in quirky short film for Bravo
Notes from the kuerti keyboard
‘Notes From The Kuerti Keyboard’ plays on the visual correspondence between an antique typewriter and a grand piano and the pun of Kuerti and the QWERTY keyboard, all during a performance of a Scherzo, from a Beethoven Piano Sonata.
The typewriter used was this 1896 Underwood 1
Notes From The Kuerti Keyboard (4:30 minutes)