Instant Dreams (2017)
Instant Dreams (2017)
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.

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Cast

Stephen Herchen Stephen Herchen As: Himself - The Scientist
Stefanie Schneider Stefanie Schneider As: Herself - The Artist
Christopher Bonanos Christopher Bonanos As: Himself - The Writer
Caitlin Fowler Caitlin Fowler As: Herself - The Model
Udo Kier Udo Kier As: The Docter (Cameo)
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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.


Tagline: An extraordinary Polaroid trip.
Certification: AL

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 14 December 2017

Country: NL

Runtime: 91m

Company Credits

Company: Pieter van Huystee Film & TV, NTR

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Cast

Stephen Herchen

Stephen Herchen

Himself - The Scientist

Stefanie Schneider

Stefanie Schneider

Herself - The Artist

Christopher Bonanos

Christopher Bonanos

Himself - The Writer

Caitlin Fowler

Caitlin Fowler

Herself - The Model

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

The Docter (Cameo)

Edwin H. Land

Edwin H. Land

Himself - The visionary (archive footage)

Ayana J.J.

Ayana J.J.

Herself - The future

Angela Riccio

Angela Riccio

Herself - The model

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Marc Lizier

Marc Lizier

Music

David Spaans

David Spaans

Sound Recordist

Ranko Pauković

Ranko Pauković

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Not currently known.

Lighting

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Art Department

Not currently known.

Other Crew

Gregor Meerman

Gregor Meerman

Cinematography

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