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

2000Rating7.8· 288 minDocumentary

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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Cast & Crew

  • 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

    Self

  • Oona Mekas

    Oona Mekas

    Self

  • Hollis Melton

    Self

  • Hermann Nitsch

    Hermann Nitsch

    Self

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