Empire

About This Movie

Empire (2015) offers a unique take on surveillance cinema, capturing the Empire State Building in 10-second intervals over a full day. It's like a meditative homage to Warhol’s own minimalist style, but with Mekas' sensibility woven in. The film's pacing is deliberately slow, urging you to linger in each frame, letting the architecture’s presence wash over you. The use of Furtwängler’s Ode to Joy adds a weighty, almost ironic counterpoint to the static visuals, creating this tension between the music’s triumph and the stillness of the building. There's something oddly hypnotic about watching it unfold, as the city ebbs and flows around this monument. A heady mix of urban observation and philosophical ruminations, it’s quite unlike anything else if you appreciate the art of stillness.

Focuses on architecture and time.Interesting juxtaposition of music and visuals.A contemplative experience rather than a conventional narrative.