Watch a supercut of typewriters being used on screen.
Need a break from writing? Or some cinematic inspiration to begin writing? Or, just really like typewriters? Then perhaps I can interest you in two minutes, four seconds of typewriters on screen, set to Leroy Anderson’s irrepressibly jaunty “The Typewriter.”
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The supercut, courtesy of Ariel Avissar, features shots from Zodiac, Stranger Than Fiction, Citizen Kane, and (of course) The Shining, among others.
May the labor of fictional characters guide your artistic endeavors! Or your dumb tweets! No judgment here.
[via Kottke]
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Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is a senior editor at Lit Hub whose writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The Glow was published by Random House in 2023. You can buy it here.
