PICTURE OF LIGHT
Year: 1994
Country:
Canada / Switzerland
Run Time:
83 minutes
Picture, if you can, traveling to one of the coldest, most remote places on earth-the frozen reaches of Canada's Arctic. Your reward is one of natrure's most spectacular light shows, the northern lights, or aurora borealis (the lights with no bodies), pouring colors from the sky. Capturing these incredible images, more awesome than any man-made special effect, on film would seem to be impossible. Filmmaker Peter Mettler, the creator of the visionary documentary, PICTURE OF LIGHT, has succeeded admirably. But this film is more than an exploration of the heavens. It deals with some fo the basic elements of survival in this remote outpost, such as the astounding physics of drifting snow and the phenomenon of bathing, where the relentless climate causes animals (and we are all animals) to overkill. PICTURE OF LIGHT is also about extremes: the distance between our world and outer space, and the bitterly cold conditions endured in making this film. It is a haunting journey to a place where we can marvel at one of nature's wonders. -Sundance Film Festival
Screenplay
Peter Mettler
Director
Peter Mettler
Producer
Peter Mettler, Alexandra Gill
Cinematography
Peter Mettler
Editing
Peter Mettler, Mike Munn
Principal Cast
Stephen Fearing, Roy Forbes, Veda Hille
Grimthorpe Films Inc.
14 Grimthorpe Rd.
Toronto, Ontario M6C 1G3
Canada
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