Empire

4.2 / 10

(43 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

479 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Andy Warhol

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Company:

Andy Warhol Films

Cast:
Jonas Mekas

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)

Crew:
Andy Warhol

Director

John Palmer

Co-Director

Andy Warhol

Producer

Lou Dyer

Publicist

Jonas Mekas

Cinematography