OF THIS PLACE AND ELSEWHERE - BOOK
OF THIS PLACE AND ELSEWHERE - BOOK
Published by the Toronto International Film Festival. Distributed in Canada by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Distributed outside Canada by Indiana University Press.
First edition, 2006. 250 pages, with 100 color plates.
19 cm x 23.5 cm
ISBN: 978-0-9689132-5-3
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This monograph on the films of Peter Mettler, published on the occasion of a 2006 retrospective at the Toronto International Film Festival, this book offers analysis of all his major films, including chapters devoted to Picture of Light and Gambling, Gods and LSD. It places Mettler in a Canadian context but also deals with his identity as a Swiss artist and his place in an emerging global cinema. The book also includes an extensive selection of Mettler’s photography that covers a thirty year span, reproduced in stunning colour plates.