CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 31m

Instant Dreams

An extraordinary Polaroid trip.

67%(15)IMDbDocumentary

There could hardly be a more telling contrast between the analog and digital eras than the beautifully blurry memories captured in a Polaroid picture and the thousands of pin-sharp photos on an iPhone. In this ambitious visual essay, Willem Baptist explores the visionary genius of Edwin H. Land, the inventor of the Polaroid camera. Even today, all sorts of people are keeping his instant dream alive. Former Polaroid employee Stephen Herchen moved from the United States to Europe to work in a laboratory developing the 2.0 version of Polaroid. Christopher Bonanos, the author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid, tells us, "When I heard Polaroid would stop making film, it felt like a close friend had died." Artist Stefanie Schneider, who is working with the last of her stock of Polaroid film, is using the blurring that occurs with expired film as an additional aesthetic layer in her photographic work.

Directed byWillem Baptist

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 31m
Language
EN
Released
December 14, 2017
Studios
Pieter van Huystee Film & TVNTR

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring

Stephen Herchen

Self - The Scientist

Stefanie Schneider

Self - The Artist

Christopher Bonanos

Self - The Writer

Caitlin Fowler

Caitlin Fowler

Self - The Model

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

The Docter (Cameo)

Edwin H. Land

Self - The Visionary (archive footage)

Ayana J.J.

Self - The Future

Angela Riccio

Self - The Model

Creative team
Directed by
Willem Baptist
Written by
Willem Baptist
Produced by
Pieter van Huystee

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