As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is a 2000 experimental diary film by avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas, composed of decades of his personal 16mm home-movie footage reflecting on memory, family, and everyday life.
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| As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Context triple: [Jonas Mekas, notableWork, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty]
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes
The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a memoir-style book of conversations between journalist Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, reflecting on their family history, relationship, and life lessons.
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B.
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
"One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This" is a 2006 comeback studio album by the influential proto-punk band New York Dolls, marking their first release of new material in over three decades.
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C.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a Russian war drama film (originally a Soviet-era story) about a group of young female anti-aircraft gunners fighting in a remote forest during World War II.
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D.
Collateral Beauty
Collateral Beauty is a 2016 American drama film starring Will Smith as a grieving father who begins writing letters to abstract concepts like Love, Time, and Death.
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E.
As I Went Out One Morning
"As I Went Out One Morning" is a folk-inspired song by Bob Dylan, notable for its enigmatic, ballad-like lyrics and inclusion on his 1967 album *John Wesley Harding*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Target entity description: As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is a 2000 experimental diary film by avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas, composed of decades of his personal 16mm home-movie footage reflecting on memory, family, and everyday life.
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A.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes
The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a memoir-style book of conversations between journalist Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, reflecting on their family history, relationship, and life lessons.
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B.
One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This
"One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This" is a 2006 comeback studio album by the influential proto-punk band New York Dolls, marking their first release of new material in over three decades.
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C.
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a Russian war drama film (originally a Soviet-era story) about a group of young female anti-aircraft gunners fighting in a remote forest during World War II.
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D.
Collateral Beauty
Collateral Beauty is a 2016 American drama film starring Will Smith as a grieving father who begins writing letters to abstract concepts like Love, Time, and Death.
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E.
As I Went Out One Morning
"As I Went Out One Morning" is a folk-inspired song by Bob Dylan, notable for its enigmatic, ballad-like lyrics and inclusion on his 1967 album *John Wesley Harding*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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diary film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jonas Mekas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Jonas Mekas ⓘ |
| director | Jonas Mekas ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jonas Mekas ⓘ |
| followsWorkOf |
Lost Lost Lost
ⓘ
Walden ⓘ
linked to:
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
|
| footageSpan | several decades ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde cinema
ⓘ
diary film ⓘ documentary film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| hasForm | feature-length film ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of Jonas Mekas's major works ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
fragmentary montage
ⓘ
improvised narration ⓘ poetic documentary ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
everyday life
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family ⓘ memory ⓘ personal history ⓘ time ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
beauty in everyday moments
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cinema as diary ⓘ passage of time ⓘ personal archive ⓘ subjective memory ⓘ |
| medium | 16 mm film ⓘ |
| movement | New American Cinema ⓘ |
| notableFor |
nonlinear structure
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use of personal diary footage ⓘ voice-over commentary by Jonas Mekas ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American avant-garde cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
Lithuanian émigré experience
ⓘ
Mekas family life ⓘ New York City life ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| screeningContext |
film festivals
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museum retrospectives ⓘ |
| targetAudience | experimental film audiences ⓘ |
| usesFootageType | home movies ⓘ |
| workOf | Jonas Mekas filmography ⓘ |
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