
Film
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · 4h 48m · Documentary
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- 8.2
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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
Narrator (voice)

Stan Brakhage
Self

Jane Wodening
Self

Robert Breer
Self

Hollis Frampton
Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs
Self

Peter Kubelka
Self

Adolfas Mekas
Self

Oona Mekas
Self
Hollis Melton
Self

Hermann Nitsch
Self

Nam June Paik
Self
P. Adams Sitney
Self

Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Jonas MekasDirector · Writer · Editor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 5, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 4h 48m
- Genres
- Documentary
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