Loading Page
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-11-05
76%
74 Votes
Time: 4h 48m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Movie: As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
All 1 videos
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) - The Real Life - Clip
Recommendations Movies
81%
Scenes from a Marriage(sv)
1974-09-15
Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
79%
Werckmeister Harmonies(hu)
2001-02-01
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
76%
Au Hasard Balthazar(fr)
1966-05-25
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
76%
Made in Hong Kong(cn)
1997-10-09
Hong Kong 1997, where young people dream of love and death, suicide and murder. Moon is a cynical young debt collector, smitten by Ping, a young woman dying of kidney disease. A suicide note from a student they don't know ends up intertwining their fates.
71%
Four Nights of a Dreamer(fr)
1971-06-29
Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.
70%
Wooden Crosses(fr)
1932-03-17
The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.
67%
To Sleep with Anger(en)
1990-10-12
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
69%
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania(en)
1996-08-30
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
56%
The Reflecting Pool(en)
1979-12-05
Viola's seminal piece, The Reflecting Pool, was made three decades ago on analogue video tape and yet could easily pass for a contemporary digital piece; in it, Viola emerges as central protagonist from a thick forest into a clearing filled by an artificial pool. As the noise of an aeroplane slowly passes and fades overhead, Viola approaches the edge of the pool, whereby he removes his shoes, squats down yelling and then prepares to make a powerful jump.
79%
Close-Up(fa)
1990-05-09
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
79%
Yi Yi(zh)
2000-09-20
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
72%
The City of Lost Children(fr)
1995-05-17
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
75%
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm(en)
1993-12-25
Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.
80%
The 400 Blows(fr)
1959-06-03
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
81%
Memoir of a Snail(en)
2024-10-17
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
80%
Requiem for a Dream(en)
2000-10-06
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
76%
Drive(en)
2011-09-15
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
81%
2001: A Space Odyssey(en)
1968-04-02
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
71%
The Substance(en)
2024-09-07
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
74%
Promising Young Woman(en)
2020-12-13
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Similar Movies
67%
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind(en)
2019-08-13
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
77%
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts(it)
2017-04-03
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts is a documentary about the 15th century Italian Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio.
73%
Andre the Giant(en)
2018-04-10
An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.
0%
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life(ru)
1976-02-02
A semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov. Includes newsreels from the 1930s, footage from films featuring Aleynikov and interviews with his closest friends and colleagues.
66%
Gulpilil: One Red Blood(en)
2002-04-05
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.
90%
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King(en)
2016-04-16
Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew and heir to the Greek throne, Philip, into marrying the future queen Princess Elizabeth and the tensions that that unleashed.
70%
Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way(en)
2013-10-11
A documentary by Donna Zaccaro about the political trailblazer, Geralidine Ferraro. Featuring interviews with Bill and Hillary Clinton, George and Barbara Bush, Walter Mondale, and Geraldine Ferraro herself, among others, this is a heartwarming and engrossing portrait of the first woman who was nominated for vice president, whose legacy still reverberates today.
77%
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century(en)
1998-05-15
Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early family background to overwhelming show business success. Interviews with friends, family and associates reveal a star-studded career in music and film alongside a fascinating private life of four marriages, liaison with the Kennedy family, Las Vegas business interests and an alleged association with the Mafia
0%
Ich bin nicht Gott, aber wie Gott(de)
1994-09-29
Follows the life of notorious slumlord Günter Kaußen, who built up one of Germany's biggest real estate companies over night.
77%
The Fog of War(en)
2003-10-26
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
75%
War Photographer(en)
2001-11-01
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
69%
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson(en)
2008-07-18
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
70%
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man(en)
1988-06-05
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
0%
Zelenskyy: Spirit of Ukraine(en)
2023-12-31
On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has since killed thousands, displaced millions and destroyed entire cities. Despite international appeals for Volodymyr Zelensky, and his family, to be evacuated to a safe location during the opening days of the invasion, the 44-year-old president stayed in Kyiv with his defence forces. It's hard to imagine how this bright, comedic, family man, has ended up in one of the most dangerous positions in the world, with a giant target on his back. 10 months on, and still fighting from the ground, Zelensky has been named TIME Person of the Year 2022. With comparisons to Winston Churchill, as a war time leader, his impact is undeniable. Utilising his acting skills he is embodying everything it means to have the spirit of Ukraine.
69%
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl(en)
2022-07-26
From Nashville newcomer to international icon, singer Shania Twain transcends genres across borders amid triumphs and setbacks in this documentary.
72%
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson(en)
2017-07-27
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
67%
Gilbert(en)
2017-04-20
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
80%
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution(fr)
2018-06-10
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men who changed the shape of the world at that time and forever, but perhaps the actual events happened in a way different from that narrated in the history books…