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.

Stream

Filmicca

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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

Adolfas Mekas

Self

Oona Mekas

Self

No photo

Hollis Melton

Self

Hermann Nitsch

Self