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Gambling, Gods and LSD

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Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that people in different cultures adopt in order to live life to the fullest. As he traverses civilization and wilderness and encounters a range of lifestyles and ideas, the filmmaker's mind-expanding trip around the world grows into a poem of images and sounds, reflecting the fragmented but alluring worlds it attempts to capture.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/11/2008
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Plays out as a bold meditative essay on transcendence and our relationship to nature. Go to Full Review Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 12/01/2003
A fascinating travelogue that links ephemeral images, people's notions of consciousness and eerie landscapes to suggest that all life on this planet is somehow connected. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/08/2015 One of the most interesting, risk-taking documentaries ever made. See more 06/21/2013 Mettler says his eerie poetic documentary 'is making itself' as the camera leads him around Toronto, Vegas, Switzerland, India. Poignant narration and ambient music patiently guide the viewer to become accessible and receive the films deep sentiments, not always accessible. The piece is punctuated by moments of mutual bedazzlement, earthlings locked in fleeting, pure fascination. The film made itself with Mettler as the in-between, but with a bit of coaxing, the audience completes it themselves - as participants in a patient triangulation. See more 01/13/2010 Do better at keeping our interest Peter Mettler. Walked out on it at the Film festival. Couldn't keep my eyes open. See more 12/02/2009 Hypnotic, mesmerizing, but a bit too long. See more 02/21/2009 Very obviously from the Chris Marker school of essay-filmmaking, but that's doesn't hurt it. It's still amazingly amazing. See more 04/03/2008 Beautiful images, but when you're not on something to watch this was just weird. See more Read all reviews
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Peter Mettler

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Peter Mettler

Writer

Peter Mettler

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Peter Mettler

Film Editing

Ingrid Veninger

Producer

Alexandra Rockingham Gill

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Synopsis Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that people in different cultures adopt in order to live life to the fullest. As he traverses civilization and wilderness and encounters a range of lifestyles and ideas, the filmmaker's mind-expanding trip around the world grows into a poem of images and sounds, reflecting the fragmented but alluring worlds it attempts to capture.
Director
Peter Mettler
Producer
Ingrid Veninger, Alexandra Rockingham Gill, Cornelia Seitler
Screenwriter
Peter Mettler
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
3h 0m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, Dolby A, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)