Gambling, Gods and LSD

Gambling, Gods and LSD
2002 film poster
Directed byPeter Mettler[1]
Written byPeter Mettler[1]
Produced byIngrid Veninger
Alexandra Gill
Cornelia Seitler[2]
StarringJohn Paul Young
Albert Hofmann[3]
CinematographyPeter Mettler[1]
Edited byPeter Mettler
Roland Schlimme[1]
Music byPeter Bräker
Fred Frith
Henryk Górecki
Jim O'Rourke[2]
Production
companies
Grimthorpe Film
Maximage
Distributed byOdeon Films (Canada)
Columbus Film AG (Switzerland)[1]
Release date
  • April 2002 (2002-04)[1]
Running time
180 minutes[1]
CountriesCanada
Switzerland[1]
LanguagesEnglish
Swiss-German (English subtitles)[1]

Gambling, Gods and LSD is a 2002 Canadian/Swiss experimental documentary film by Canadian film director Peter Mettler. It was shot between 1997 and 1999 in Canada, the United States, Switzerland and India, and is a "fragmented narrative"[4] that shows what people do to discover themselves and find happiness.[5][6]

The film was screened at film festivals in a number of countries across the world, including Canada, Switzerland, the United States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Australia and South Africa. It won several awards, including the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 2003 Genie Award for "Best Documentary".[1]

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