Louise Brindley has captured her eventful life spanning 74 years in 14 novels. Her closest companion has been a 50-year old Olivetti typewriter. “If she packs up, so will I.”
"Of course, we are ultimately more interested in the subjects and their lives, and Brindley emerges as a Patricia Routledge-type character, as scripted by Alan Bennett. And if you're worried that one woman and her typewriter are not enough to make an entertaining 30 minutes, there are two breath-catching moments of inspiration... It's gentle, alluring and whimsical.” Omer Ali, Time Out
"Mad About Machines purported to be about the merely mechanical, but what emerged proved to be far more satisfying than one might have expected - a thoughtful and loving examination of the mechanics of one life, where fortitude had triumphed over great disappointments." Cristina Odone The Daily Telegraph
Dear Olive
Mad About Machines for Channel 4
Director-Series Producer: Taghi Amirani
Camera: Chris Morphet
Camera Assistants: Theo Garland, Jack Holmes
Sound: Keith Desmond
Dubbing Mixer: Michael Narduzzo
Title Sequence: The House
Title Music: David Lowe
Assistant Producer: Amir Amirani
Production Manager: Fiona Reid
Production Assistant: Ali Amirani
Production Team: Beverly Henry, Rupert Miles, Emma Read
Editor: Stuart de Jong
30'
1997