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.