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Gambling, Gods and LSD

Gambling, Gods and LSD
Peter Mettler
Hommage Peter Mettler 2023
Documentary Film
Switzerland,
Canada
2002
180 minutes
English,
Swiss German,
Hindi
Subtitles: 
English

The motif of movement in film is a core element of Peter Mettler’s award-winning body of work: His journey here takes us from Canada via the USA to Switzerland and as far as India, the filmed moments associatively unfolding a tableau about different people. They are all, each in their own way, looking for transcendence and ecstasy. In this hypnotic trip about time and transience, the director is always ready to engage with the unexpected. His attitude is marked by curiosity and impartiality. Well over a hundred hours of footage feed into a brilliant montage in which transition and rapture also find visual and acoustic correspondences.

Annina Wettstein

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Director
Peter Mettler
Script
Peter Mettler
Cinematographer
Peter Mettler
Editor
Roland Schlimme, Peter Mettler
Producer
Cornelia Seitler, Alexandra Gill, Ingrid Veninger
Sound Design
Peter Bräker, Peter Mettler
Score
Fred Frith
German Distributor
GMfilms