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English. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is a 2000 experimental documentary film directed by Jonas Mekas. [1] The film had its world premiere on November 4, 2000, at the London Film Festival and is a compilation of Mekas' home movies. In 2022, the decennial poll by Sight and Sound magazine named it one of the ...
Content collapsed. "As I Was Moving Ahead is a record of subtle feelings, emotions, daily joys of people as recorded in the voices, faces and small everyday activities of people I have met, or ...
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Oct 16, 2002 · Directed by Jonas Mekas. US, 2000, 16mm, color, 288 min. Aiming to undermine both traditional Hollywood narrative cinema and the experimental films of classical modernism, Lithuanian-born filmmaker Jonas Mekas explores “subtle, almost invisible acts, experiences, and feelings” in this lyrical work, lasting nearly five hours and divided into ...
Dec 12, 2001 · Variety. "It's the ultimate Dogme movie, before the birth of Dogme," is how 79-year-old Lithuanian-born independent mainstay Jonas Mekas describes peaceful, enthralling assemblage encompassing home movie footage from last three decades of his life. Read More. By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW.
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Feb 24, 2023 · As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses Of Beauty is a five-hour long diary film assembled by hand providing an intimate glimpse of mekas life from an archive worth over 30 years. "nothing is happening in this film" is a lie. everything is happening. so much is happening. but thats the point here. this film is about someone leading towards the end of their time on this planet ...
- Jonas Mekas
Throughout the nearly five-hour diary film “As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty,” New York avant-garde icon Jonas Mekas delivers these phrases in voiceover with a halting lilt, as if tickled by the extreme commitment that the church of cinema can exact from its congregation, or sheepish about the often ...
The Greatest Films of All Time. As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty. 2000 USA. Directed by. Jonas Mekas. Produced by. Jonas Mekas. Running time. 320 minutes.
