Instant Dreams (2017)

Instant Dreams (2017)

An extraordinary Polaroid trip. 2017-12-14 Netherlands 91 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Stephen Herchen is Himself - The Scientist
Himself - The Scientist
Stefanie Schneider is Herself - The Artist
Herself - The Artist
Christopher Bonanos is Himself - The Writer
Himself - The Writer
Caitlin Fowler is Herself - The Model
Herself - The Model
Udo Kier is The Docter (Cameo)
The Docter (Cameo)
Edwin H. Land is Himself - The visionary (archive footage)
Himself - The visionary (archive footage)
Ayana J.J. is Herself - The future
Herself - The future
Angela Riccio is Herself - The model
Herself - The model