As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
November 19, 2023
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is a 2000 experimentaldocumentary 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 250 greatest movies ever made.[2]
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Compiled from Mekas' home movies, the film is an attempt by the director to re-construct his life through various home movies filmed over a period of about 30 years. Events shown in the film are things such as birthdays and picnics, as well as more landmark personal events such as the first steps of his children. Throughout the film Mekas offers his own commentary and insight on what the viewer is seeing.
Receptionedit
Critical reception for the film has been mostly positive and Allmovie users rated the film 3 out of 5 stars.[3]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."[4]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.'"[5]
Referencesedit
^Saunders, David (2010). Documentary. Routledge. p. 188. ISBN978-0203852682.
^"The Greatest Films of All Time". BFI. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^"As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (review)". Allmovie. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
^"One Man's Parenthood, in Minute Detail". NYT. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
^"The Color of Paradise". Village Voice. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
External linksedit
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty at IMDb
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty at AllMovie
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty at Metacritic
November 19, 2023
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