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

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is a 2000 experimental documentary film directed by Jonas Mekas. The film had its world premiere on November 4, 2000, at the London Film Festival and is a compilation of Mekas home movies. At almost five hours in length, it is one of the longest experimental films ever made.

Critical reception for the film has been mostly positive and Allmovie users rated the filmout ofstars. The New York Times commented that the film was a first the home movie as epic and stated that Mr. Mekas provides more of an immersion into his personal life than he has allowed anyone to view before in the welter of films he has built up over his career. The Village Voice called the movie an unabashedly happy film and noted that Mekas plays this up with several wry comments, once calling his work a film about people who never argue or have fights and love each other.

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