Gambling, Gods and LSD
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A filmmaker’s inquiry into transcendence becomes a three-hour trip across countries, connecting people over culture and time. From Toronto, the place of his childhood, Peter Mettler sets out on a journey that includes evangelism at the airport strip, demolition in Las Vegas, chemistry and street life in the model society of Switzerland, and the coexistence of technology and divinity in contemporary India. Mettler blends documentary observation with lyrical camera work, location sound with aural sculpture. The result is an audio-visual composition whose movements challenge our preconceptions, evoking in us the wonder and awe of our daily lives. A lucid and personal portrait of our times, Gambling, Gods and LSD may change the way you look at the world.
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Peter Mettler
Director
Over the last 20 years, Peter Mettler has consistently produced works which elude categorization. Melding intuitive processes with drama, essay, experiment or documentation, Mettler’s unique and startling vision merges the forms of cinema with other disciplines to move audiences beyond the material realm. His films, all of which have garnered prizes and been the subject of international retrospectives, include: a dramatic feature film, The Top of His Head (1989); Tectonic Plates (1992),
a feature-length adaptation of the play by Robert Lepage; the feature documentary, Picture of Light (1994); and the 30-minute lyrical diary, Balifilm.
35 mm
180 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.66
Original version in English Subtitled in German |
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Producers
Alexandra Rockingham Gill
Ingrid Vehinger
Coproducer
Cornelia Seitler
Executive Producers
Andreas Zuest
Atom Egoyan
Peter Mettler
Director and Scriptwriter
Peter Mettler
Director of Photography
Peter Mettler
Editing
Peter Mettler
Roland Schlimme
Music
Fred Frith
Dimitri de Perrot
Jim O'Rourke
Knut and Silvy
Henryk Gorecki
and others / et autres
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Production
Grimthorpe Films Inc.
91 Brunswick Ave.
Toronto Ontario
M5S 2L8
Canada
(416) 923-4206
(416) 923-4043
grimfilm@ca.inter.net
Coproduction - Switzerland
Maximage GmbH
Neugasse 6
Zurich
8005
Switzerland
41 1 274 8866
41 1 274 8860
info@maximage.ch
www.maximage.ch
Distribution – Canada
Odeon Films Inc.
121 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1500
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3M5
Canada
(416) 967-1174
(416) 934-6999
info@allianceatlantis.com
www.allianceatlantis.com
International distribution
Alliance Atlantis Inc.
121 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1500
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3M5
Canada
(416) 967-1174
(416) 960-0971
info@allianceatlantis.com
www.allianceatlantis.com
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