Peter Mettler's (PICTURE OF LIGHT, THE TOP OF HIS
HEAD) inquiry into transcendence invites the
viewer to participate in the making of meaning. It
is a trip across four countries and cultures; a
journey that includes evangelism at Toronto's
airport strip, demolition in Las Vegas, tracings
in the Nevada desert, chemistry and street life in
Switzerland, and the coexistence of technology and
divinity in contemporary India. Along the way, we
encounter thrill-seeking, luck, destiny, belief,
expanding perception, and the craving for security
in an uncertain world. GAMBLING, GODS AND LSD is
an audio-visual composition, a wondrous ride,
where the theme of the film, and the experience of
watching it, are one and the same.