Instant Dreams
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.
- Director
- Willem Baptist
- Writer
- Willem Baptist
Questions
- Is Instant Dreams free to watch?
- Not on Filmghar: we only play films and episodes that are in the public domain or that the owner has made free. We'll show it here as soon as it is free.
- Where can I watch Instant Dreams in Pakistan?
- We couldn't find a streaming service carrying Instant Dreams in Pakistan right now.
- Who is in the cast of Instant Dreams?
- Instant Dreams stars Stephen Herchen, Stefanie Schneider, Christopher Bonanos, Caitlin Fowler.
- What kind of film is Instant Dreams?
- Instant Dreams (2017) is a documentary film.
