Empire

Dec 11 1964 N/A 8h 5m

Documentary

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.

Plot

A single shot of the Empire State Building from early evening until nearly 3 am the next day.

Written by

John Palmer

Directed by

John Palmer, Andy Warhol

Cast

Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Andy Warhol Films

Languages

No Language

Awards

1 win

Scores

# of Votes

1,491

Average Rating

3.7 out of 10

Metascore

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