Olivetti Typeraker

Critical dystopia akin to Bradbury/Truffaut 
book-burning scenes in Fahrenheit 451

Michael Kerbow's art 

ignites social commentary... 

Pile says it all. It's part of a series
called "Consumption."

Graveyard of cars in the apocalyptic piece The Witching Hour.

* The riveting artwork of Michael Kerbow here.
* Typecast via Montgomery Ward Escort 55/Olivetti Lettera 32.

Psycho typewriters

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One of Alma and Whitfield's type-out scenes.

Reel Hitch and Alma

Real Hitch and Alma

Last year, the real typewriter used by Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano was up for auction on ebay. The machine was an Olympia SG-1; the seller was a certain Dominic Stefano, presumably family. I saved the auction page for posterity before it sold for $7,500. 

* Hitchcock (Sacha Gervasi, Fox Searchlight, 2012) is one more title for Typewriters in Cinema. Hitch and Alma image from here. 
* Typecast via Olivetti Lettera 22 

Ogling Architecture, Typing Olivetti

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Moving along to something more typewriter-related, two of my friends enjoyed their first Olivetti typing experience- John on the Olivetti Ico, and Corey on the Underwood 450/Studio 45, which is now officially his. 

Typewriters in the 21st and 20th Century

Update: I believe the unidentified typewriter in the foreground is a  Montgomery Ward Signature 100

* Check updates on screenings of The Typewriter in the 21st Century here.

* Typecast via Olivetti Studio 44

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And in other news...

Congratulations to our Dutch typospherians for their newly crowned King Willem-Alexander and his luminous queen, Maxima. Queen Beatrix abdicated after a well loved 33-year reign. Maxima is originally from Argentina but won the Dutch over from Day 1 with her beauty, charisma, and intelligence. I happened to be living in the Dutch city of Nijmegen when the royal couple got married; it's great timing that I will be visiting the Netherlands for a conference in a few weeks. Hagel Hulde aan de koning!  (image: CNN)

Pssst... Dr. Polt's secret identity revealed

Harmless academic by day, but in the dead of night,

when he disappears into the basement...

and curls his fingers to type,

Dr. Polt transforms into...

... the Typing Cyclops!

Aaaaaaiiiiiiieeeeeeeaee!

* Dr. Polt's transmogrifying image from the Typewriter Database

* Typing Cyclops (orig. "Cyclops and Muse") from Shag: The Art of Josh Agle Postcard Book ©2008 Chronicle Books.