Instant Dreams

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Stephen Herchen

Himself - The Scientist

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Stefanie Schneider

Herself - The Artist

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Christopher Bonanos

Himself - The Writer

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Caitlin Fowler

Herself - The Model

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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

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Angela Riccio

Herself - The model

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Willem Baptist
Production	Producer	Pieter van Huystee
Sound	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ranko Pauković
	Sound Recordist	David Spaans
	Music	Marc Lizier
Editing	Editor	Albert Markus
Crew	Cinematography	Gregor Meerman
Writing	Writer	Willem Baptist
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