Empire

Name: Empire
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 8 h 5 min
Rating: 3.8
Cast: Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol

19641964
8h 5m

3.8/10

1.3K

Documentary

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

3.8/10

1.3K

Directors
- John Palmer
- Andy Warhol
Writer
- John Palmer(idea)
Stars
- Jonas Mekas(uncredited)
- Andy Warhol(uncredited)

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Awards
- 1 win

Jonas Mekas

Selfas Self
(uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Selfas Self
(uncredited)

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

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Genre
- Documentary
Parents guide

Trivia
Andy Warhol shot the film at 24 frames per second, but screened it at 16 frames per second. Thus, although only six hours and 40 minutes of film was shot, the film is 8 hours and 5 minutes when screened.

Connections
Featured in Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989)

Top review

Try to see Andy there

Watching this movie is a fight. If you know about the details, you just sit, look at that building at night, watch the small light in the background (appears every 20 minutes) and wait for Andy Warhol who passes in front of the camera for about five times. I've seen him three times. At the end, the lights on the building are switched off and you just watch two small lights on the dark screen (it takes two hours). A really bizarre experience.

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