As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Nov 05 2000
•5h 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.
Cast
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Jonas Mekas
Narrator (voice)
Stan Brakhage
Self
Jane Wodening
Self
Robert Breer
Self
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