

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.
Empire was directed by Andy Warhol.
Empire holds an average rating of 4.4/10 on TMDB, and it lands best with fans of documentary. Join the discussion below to add your take.
Empire runs for 7h 59min, and was released in 1965.
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