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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty — PineHD — PineHD

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

2000•Released•Movie dossier

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

★ 7.886 votes•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.

Documentary

Director

Jonas Mekas

Status

Released

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

Visual archive

Screenshots

8 stills

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The cast

People behind the story

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Narrator (voice)

Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening

Jane Wodening

Self

Robert Breer

Robert Breer

Self

Hollis Frampton

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs

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