As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2022)

  • NR
  • 06/10/2022 (FR)
  • Documentary
  • 4h 48m

Overview

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.

Jonas Mekas

Director, Writer

Cast

Jonas Mekas's headshot

Jonas Mekas

Narrator (voice)
Stan Brakhage's headshot

Stan Brakhage

Self
Jane Wodening's headshot

Jane Wodening

Self
Robert Breer's headshot

Robert Breer

Self
Hollis Frampton's headshot

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg's headshot

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)
Ken Jacobs's headshot

Ken Jacobs

Self
Peter Kubelka's headshot

Peter Kubelka

Self

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