Empire (1965)
Note: this print runs 96 minutes against a recorded 485 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Andy Warhol
Directed by Andy Warhol
Empire is a 1965 American underground film by Andy Warhol. When projected according to Warhol's specifications, it consists of eight hours and five minutes of slow motion black-and-white footage of an unchanging view of New York City's Empire State Building. The silent film does not have conventional narrative or characters, and largely reduces the experience of cinema to the passing of time. Warhol stated that the purpose of the film was "to see time go by."
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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Empire dates from 1965, directed by Andy Warhol. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the NEW WAVE channel.
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