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Feature film — 2000

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

7.84h 48mDocumentary

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.

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Director: Jonas Mekas

On screen

Cast & crew

Jonas Mekas as Narrator (voice)

Jonas Mekas

Narrator (voice)

Stan Brakhage as Self

Stan Brakhage

Self

Jane Wodening as Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Robert Breer as Self

Robert Breer

Self

Hollis Frampton as Self (archive footage)

Hollis Frampton

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Ken Jacobs as Self

Ken Jacobs

Self

Peter Kubelka as Self

Peter Kubelka

Self

A

Adolfas Mekas

Self

Oona Mekas as Self

Oona Mekas

Self

H

Hollis Melton

Self

Hermann Nitsch as Self

Hermann Nitsch

Self

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