As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

7.7/10 288 min Documentary

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

Hermann Nitsch

Self

Nam June Paik

Self

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

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