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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000· 4h 48m

Documentary

Directed by Jonas Mekas

7.7/ 10

Reviews

Overview

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

Cast

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Narrator (voice)

Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening

Jane Wodening

Self

Robert Breer

Robert Breer

Self

Hollis Frampton

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Other films by Jonas Mekas

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2020

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2017

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