As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Worth a look
2000 · Movie · 4h 48m
The read
It runs long at 4h 48m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
87 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonas MekasDirector
- Jonas MekasWriter
Cast
- Jonas MekasNarrator (voice)
- Stan BrakhageSelf
- Jane WodeningSelf
- Robert BreerSelf
- Hollis FramptonSelf (archive footage)
- Allen GinsbergSelf (archive footage)
- Ken JacobsSelf
- Peter KubelkaSelf
- Adolfas MekasSelf
- Oona MekasSelf
- Hollis MeltonSelf
- Hermann NitschSelf
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Themes
biographydiary film