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

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty: Directed by Jonas Mekas. With Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer. Director Jonas Mekas provides an intimate glimpse of his personal life by constructing a feature length narrative from over 30 years of private home movie footage.

“The concept of the movie works, the image are sometimes mesmerizing and the comments interesting and funny. When the right combination of music and shots come together it is very nice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat said it could have been shorter, some parts are quite repetitive, thereu0026#39;s like 5 u0026quot;ecstasy of summer in NYCu0026quot;, several shots of winters that are very similar, etc. And while the shaky, unfocused shots have their charm, they can become tedious. Jonas Mekas does tell you at some point heu0026#39;s not a film maker, but thatu0026#39;s a sometimes a bit too apparent in the work itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat said itu0026#39;s really good material if you want to zone out, you can watch this with fleeting attention and not miss much of the experience.”