Doc "California Typewriter" Tom Hanks, John Mayer Take on the Omnipotence of Old Fashion Typewriters

This mostly charming & engaging doc. film by Doug Nichol (music video Grammy winner) is at times fascinating but other times clattering.  Several famous celebrities from film to music to writing (Hanks, Mayer, David McCullough and the late, playwright Sam Shepard) are staunch advocates for the typewriter as a purposeful tool for deriving creativity, meaning & authenticity that cannot be achieved via modern technology.  Sam Shepard's measured commentary as to his reliance on a typewriter to create his art are reason alone for seeing this endearing ode to the typewritten page.  Shepard admits to preferring horseback riding versus flying but is cognizant of the pragmatic advances in technology.  Hanks tactile & auditory love for using a typewriter are infectious. Musician  John Mayer's thoughts on using a typewriter to churn his creative process are priceless.  And, McCullough admonitions on the loss to future historians & the world when all semblance of decisive editing are gone is vastly troubling.  All 4 men were endlessly fascinating.  Alas, the doc. was satiated by their introspections.  Outside the central orb of the sales & servicing family shop in SF "California Typewriter" & these 4 celebrities, the movie waned.  I did become invested in the plight to revive the diminishing use of typewriters in today's technologically advanced world.  However,  the movie spun off into tangents that were tedious & at times, creepy.  The owner of the shop, his family & his skillful & industrious employee are incredibly earnest & likable.  Somewhat off-putting is the quirky artist whose fervent focus is on sculpting from dismantled typewriters.  Although, he was sagacious in realizing the need for & futility of stalling technological progress.  The typewriter collector from Canada appeared creepy in his avarice pursuit of adding to his behemoth bounty of 19th C typewriters.  In summation, disseminated in smaller nuggets, the appeal of typing on a real page would've been more persuasive.  The cluttered accumulation of fans' fondness for a manual machine would have benefitted from some white-out.