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

Movie·2000·4h 48m

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

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

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.

Editor

Jonas Mekas

Themes

biographydiary film

Audience Score

77%

84 votes

Skip7%
Timepass16%
Go for it38%
Perfection39%

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// cast

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

Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs

Self

Peter Kubelka

Peter Kubelka

Self

Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

Self

Oona Mekas

Oona Mekas

Self

Hollis Melton

Self

Hermann Nitsch

Hermann Nitsch

Self

Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Self

P. Adams Sitney

Self

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

// crew

Crew

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Director, Writer, Editor

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