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3.9
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2000
  • Documentary

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

Runtime
4h 45m
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  • US
  • United States
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  • en
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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Jonas Mekas
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Jonas Mekas
Self / Narrator
Stan Brakhage
Self
Robert Breer
Self
Hollis Frampton
Self
Allen Ginsberg
Self
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Nov. 5, 2000
  • Original Language
    English
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