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Instant Dreams

Instant Dreams

2017/12/14 (US) | Documentary

An extraordinary Polaroid trip.

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.

1h 31m

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  • Willem Baptist

    Director

Lead Cast

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    Stephen Herchen

    Himself - The Scientist

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    Stefanie Schneider

    Herself - The Artist

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    Christopher Bonanos

    Himself - The Writer

  • Caitlin Fowler

    Caitlin Fowler

    Herself - The Model

  • Udo Kier

    Udo Kier

    The Docter (Cameo)

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    Edwin H. Land

    Himself - The visionary (archive footage)

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    Ayana J.J.

    Herself - The future

Budget

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Status

Released

Production Company

  • Pieter van Huystee Film & TV
  • NTR

Crews

  • Albert Markus

    Editor

  • Gregor Meerman

    Cinematography

  • Marc Lizier

    Music

  • David Spaans

    Sound Recordist

  • Ranko Pauković

    Sound Re-Recording Mixer

  • Pieter van Huystee

    Producer

  • Willem Baptist

    Writer