At the Movies with Peter Mettler

Sorry for the delay....Blogger's block, you know how it is.

I happened to rent Gambling, Gods and LSD the other day and was left with an empty feeling in my stomach. Why did he make this film that melts addiction into religion into sex into gambling into lsd into nature? I felt like anything I set out to do was meaningless as it was merely avoidance of the real questions in life. Fortunately I rented it again and watched the directors commentary. He says that he began his journey with four concepts in mind. These being transcendence, the denail of death, illusion of safety and our relationship with nature. After I realized his mindset I saw the film in a different way. During this second viewing it was impossible not to notice how the nature scences overpowered the rest of the film. The colours in these scences are truelly vibrant, reminissant of magic mushrooms. I can only imagine that a person fully intune with nature could see colours this way. With this realization I saw the bigger picture. Its right there in front of us everywhere we go. We are busing searching for something, something to make us feel whole, but its always right there in front of us. Nature.

The coyotes are screaming so loud right now, it freaked me out. It sounded like a crazy lady outside my window. I think I'll have to step outside into the darkness.

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