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  2. As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • Nov 05, 2000
  • 288 min
  • Full-HD

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

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.

Category
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Companies

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

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