
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty(2000)
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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