Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.8
2000 4h 48m Released
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.
Top Cast
Jonas Mekas
Narrator (voice)
Stan Brakhage
Self
Jane Wodening
Self
Robert Breer
Self
Hollis Frampton
Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
Ken Jacobs
Self
Peter Kubelka
Self
A
Adolfas Mekas
Self
Oona Mekas
Self
H
Hollis Melton
Self
Hermann Nitsch
Self
N
Nam June Paik
Self
P
P. Adams Sitney
Self
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
H
Harry Smith
Self
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