Jonas Mekas’s intimate diary film spans 1963 to 1990, capturing Andy Warhol alongside friends and collaborators from the New York avant-garde. Featuring figures such as Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and George Maciunas—as well as rare footage of the Velvet Underground’s first performance—it offers a personal portrait of Warhol’s world and his intersections with art, music, and counterculture.
Jonas Mekas
Director

Andy Warhol
Self

John Cale
Self

Allen Ginsberg
Self

Mick Jagger
Self

John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Self

John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Gerard Malanga
Self

Sterling Morrison
Self

Nico
Self
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
The Class of ‘9271%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
McQueen74%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
A Plastic Ocean75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Public Speaking70%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Love, Antosha74%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Being James Bond77%
Above Majestic73%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
180° South72%
My Mom Jayne80%