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SUMMARY:Gambling\, Gods and LSD (2002)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Peter Mettler | Canada | 180 min\nFrom an airport m
 ega-church where a pastor performs flamboyant feats of faith-healing to pon
 cho-clad crowds gathering to witness the implosion of a Vegas hotel\; from 
 recovering Swiss addicts reviewing their lives’ winding paths to spontane
 ous sacred encounters with strangers in India\; Swiss-Canadian nonfiction a
 uteur Peter Mettler’s most emblematic work is a rigorously associative tr
 avelogue\, traversing diverse continents and landscapes\, spiritual convict
 ions and psychological states. Transcendence is the core theme\, prepared i
 mprovisation the modus operandi. Whether flying solo or accompanied by a sk
 eleton crew\, Mettler’s capacity to be fully present\, his gentle approac
 h to interlocution\, and his uncanny antenna for eccentricity draw in a str
 eam of fascinating characters ready to articulate their longing for the inf
 initely varied sublime. A film of arrivals and departures\, this Genie-winn
 ing\, intuition-fuelled essay on peak experience is a peak in Mettler’s o
 euvre and should be on any list of the greatest Canadian films ever made.\n
 \nThis special screening of Gambling\, Gods and LSD will be hosted by José
  Teodoro\, author of Nothing But Time: Conversations with Peter Mettler on 
 Life and Cinema (Anvil Press)\, copies of which will be available for purch
 ase and signing. Post show conversation after the screening.\n\nhttps://www
 .visitcalgary.com/events/gambling-gods-and-lsd-2002\n\nhttps://calgarycinem
 a.org/tickets/gambling-gods-and-lsd-2002
LOCATION:Globe Cinema\, 617 8 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, Ab\, T2P 0W9
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