Empire

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avant-garde film experimental film underground film

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 (film) 0
Empire (1964 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Films ⓘ
surface form: Andy Warhol filmography
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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Sleep → followedBy → Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Sleep (1963 film)
this entity surface form: Empire (1964 film)
Andy Warhol → notableWork → Empire ⓘ