Afterimage: Peter Mettler

November 1–5, 2017

Mettler joins us to discuss his evocative films, which use the imagistic quality of cinema to express metaphysical concerns.

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  • The End of Time

  • Picture of Light

  • Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

  • Manufactured Landscapes

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Past Films

  • Manufactured Landscapes

    Jennifer Baichwal
    Canada, 2006

    35mm Print

    Wednesday, November 1 3:10 PM
    Lecture by Peter Mettler

    This quietly provocative consideration of the mechanized sublime follows photographer Edward Burtynsky as he travels through China and Bangladesh recording large-scale industrial incursions into the landscape. Peter Mettler served as cinematographer and creative collaborator.

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  • Picture of Light

    Peter Mettler
    Canada, Switzerland, 1994

    New Digital Restoration

    Thursday, November 2 7 PM
    Peter Mettler and Michael Fox in Conversation

    Mettler’s remarkable documentary about the Northern Lights is his most fully realized cinematic expression of his quest for a spiritual synthesis of “self and surround.”

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  • The End of Time

    Peter Mettler
    Canada, Switzerland, 2012
    Saturday, November 4 7:30 PM
    Peter Mettler and Michael Fox in Conversation

    Mettler’s meditation on time and perception is “immersive and hypnotic . . . a ravishingly beautiful experience (Hollywood Reporter).

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  • Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

    Peter Mettler
    Canada, 2009
    Sunday, November 5 4 PM
    Peter Mettler in Person

    Shot primarily from a helicopter, Petropolis offers an unparalleled view of the scope—and environmental impact—of the mining of Canada’s tar sands, the world’s largest industrial, capital, and energy project. With Mettler’s Balifilm.

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