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

7.6

2000

4h 48m

Documentary

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.

Director

Jonas Mekas

Status

Released

Cast

Jonas Mekas

Narrator (voice)

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Robert Breer

Self

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

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

Cast

You May Also Like

Alfred

Vice Versa: Chyna

Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète

Richard Hugo: Kicking the Loose Gravel Home

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Thierry Le Luron, l'humour de ma vie

Silicon Valley, Baby.

Family album

The Pretenders: Chrissie Hynde or Rock Life

Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston

Pierre Clément, Cinéma et Révolution

Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan

J. Lo: Let's Get Real

Eterna

Reclaiming Amy