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

Name: As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Director: Jonas Mekas
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-11-05
Cast: Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening, Robert Breer, Hollis Frampton

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.

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Jonas MekasStan BrakhageJane WodeningRobert BreerHollis FramptonAllen GinsbergKen JacobsPeter KubelkaAdolfas MekasOona MekasHollis MeltonHermann Nitsch

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Jonas Mekas

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