Nov 05, 2000
285 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

Self / Narrator

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Robert Breer

Self

Hollis Frampton

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Ken Jacobs

Self

Peter Kubelka

Self

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