Film · 2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
288 minReleased
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.
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Jonas Mekas · Narrator (voice)Stan Brakhage · SelfJane Wodening · SelfRobert Breer · SelfHollis Frampton · Self (archive footage)Allen Ginsberg · Self (archive footage)Ken Jacobs · SelfPeter Kubelka · Self
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