As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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
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
Hermann Nitsch
Self
Nam June Paik
Self
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