Empire

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Empire is Andy Warhol’s 1964 avant-garde experimental film consisting of an extended, stationary shot of the Empire State Building, notable for its extreme duration and minimalist style.

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Empire canonical 2
Empire (1964 film) 1
Empire (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde film
experimental film
underground film
assistant Gerard Malanga
Henry Romney
John Palmer
Marie Desert
Wynn Chamberlain
assistantDirector John Palmer
cameraMovement stationary
cinematographer Jonas Mekas
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Andy Warhol
depicts Empire State Building
director Andy Warhol
directorOfPhotography Jonas Mekas
filmedFrom Time-Life Building
filmFormat 16 mm
filmingDate 1964-07-25
hasGenre minimalist film
structural film
hasInfluenced durational cinema
slow cinema
structural film movement
includedIn National Film Registry
mainSubject Empire State Building
movement New American Cinema
underground cinema
notableFor extreme duration
minimalist style
single static shot
numberOfReels 10
originalLanguage English
partOf Andy Warhol filmography
linked to: Andy Warhol Films
producer Andy Warhol
productionCompany Andy Warhol Films
projectionSpeed 16 frames per second
registryInclusionYear 2004
releaseYear 1964
runtime 485 minutes
8 hours 5 minutes
setInPeriod 1960s
shootingLocation Manhattan
New York City
shotType long take
sound silent
subjectOf art history scholarship
film theory analysis

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Andy Warhol notableWork Empire
Sleep (1963 film) followedBy Empire (1964 film)
subject linked to: Sleep
linked to: Empire
Henry Romney workedOn Empire (film)
linked to: Empire