Empire
Empire

Empire

4.2

7 hr 59 min

1965-03-06

43

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.

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Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)

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