Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-11-05
- Runtime
- 288 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jonas Mekas as Narrator (voice)
- Stan Brakhage as Self
- Jane Wodening as Self
- Robert Breer as Self
- Hollis Frampton as Self (archive footage)
- Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage)
- Ken Jacobs as Self
- Peter Kubelka as Self
- Adolfas Mekas as Self
- Oona Mekas as Self
- Hollis Melton as Self
- Hermann Nitsch as Self
Crew
- Jonas Mekas - Director
- Jonas Mekas - Writer
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