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Empire

Empire

1965

XO3.7
XO Rating

Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters or a traditional narrative. The film, that consists of one stationary shot of the Empire State Building, was made from standard 1,200-foot rolls of 16mm film with a more than eight-hour runtime.

IMDb3.7(1K)TMDB4.4(46)XO3.7

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.