Empire

Mar 6, 1965

7h 59m

★ 4.2

Overview

Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters or a traditional narrative. The film, that consists of one stationary shot of the Empire State Building, was made from standard 1,200-foot rolls of 16mm film with a more than eight-hour runtime.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Andy Warhol Films

Empire Trailers

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Cast

Self (uncredited)

Jonas Mekas

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

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Empire

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