As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Released
November 5, 2000
Runtime: 4h 48m
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
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
- AM
Adolfas Mekas
Self
Oona Mekas
Self
- HM
Hollis Melton
Self
Hermann Nitsch
Self
Nam June Paik
Self
- PS
P. Adams Sitney
Self
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
- HS
Harry Smith
Self
Richard Leacock
Self
Robert Fulton
Self
Jonas Mekas
Director
Jonas Mekas
Writer
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