What on Earth is Andy Warhol's Empire (1965)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- In this video, we explore pop artist Andy Warhol's 485-minute experimental film Empire (1964).
Written, edited, and narrated by Jane Brown
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There is debate on the authenticity of the EMPIRE rip sampled in this video. There have been several copycats often mistaken for the real original work by Andy Warhol. Regardless, my points on the original film still stand and are demonstrated through whatever version of the film this is. Real or fake, I am not sure Warhol would care too much, as the conceptual framework remains.
I couldn't even sit through a whole hour of this who in their right mind is going to sit through 8 hours of this shit
@@liammcallister726 a blind person would go through something much worse for much longer
On Google, the Empire State Building is listed as a cast member.
I wonder if Kubrick was aware of this film. In a way it reminds me of 2001's still and slow imagery.
Can't wait for a sequel!
"Empire Strikes Back"
On Google, the Empire State Building is listed as a cast member.
I believe no matter if it is not the classic format of a film, it is an artistic expression. Those changes are great to focus on the light, how time passes, and its height is synonymous of an empire.
That soundtrack is amazing
This exact thing was mocked in an episode of spongebob where squidward called a very long film of a still table leg “art”
"I call it bold and brash."
"More like 'belongs in the trash'."
1:26 I would be fine if the rest of the review was "and continued" for 8 hours
After watching this review I can say my time wasn't wasted.
Imagine coming to the movie theater hoping that Empire is this awesome groundbreaking movie with amazing cinimatography and action hopefully good actors and actresses and then seeing this...
It was groundbreaking
@@chrisv7004 how?
@@jordanstopic8029 For the art reasons.
@Jordan’s Topic it wasn't groundbreaking. People that are weird and don't fit in with society like to put Warhol on a pedestal but he didn't have a vision or talent. "Seeing art in everything" means you don't have a good eye for art. This film is a waste of film, it isn't art, and the fact anyone considers it art is a reflection on how dumb people can get.
@@JackieDaytona1776 Its art, But not for pretentious reasons
Its basically art in the reaction it causes on pepole, not in the product itself
I can imagine Warhol wondering how long he can make the art snobs sit there and pretend like they're seeing something meaningful. He thrived on that kind of thing.
Remember those websites that showed live footage of famous locations? Yeah, I'm trying to imagine watching one of those for 8 hours. :P
Just realized desert bus the game adaptation of this
This just goes to prove that Andy Warhol is history's biggest troll
That is a good comment - I think you're right as well...
it certainly seems like he had very little talent to me from what I've seen of his work
@@ryanwilliams1800 He was a decent pop artist, but I overall agree.
Surely it would be worth it...surely it would be groundbreaking...surely it would be like no other. DON'T CALL ME SHIRLEY !! :-)
"Time lapses were invented in 1966"
*people in 1965:*
Good one
And they say the "good ol days were better"
In all honesty, theres something about this film that intrigues me. It feels mysterious, like theres something underneath it all. Wide as an ocean, shallow as a puddle as i would put it but i guess the great question is, whats the difference between this and a painting? Would you stare at a painting for 8 hours?
I guess what im trying to get at is everyone has a different approach and view to art itself. No one truly sees the same picture twice. Some people see this as a waste of time. Others see it as an 8 hour moving painting. Did you find it as a waste of time or time well spent? I guess its all up to you but overall, time should be treasured and i guess that was andys way of underlying that message instead of just outright saying that.
Andy lived in New York in the mid 60's. Everything was constantly moving, nothing staying still. Cars, people, everything was just clockwork. The 60's was just was bustling back then as it is now. The city never slept. Nothing ever stood still. I felt like andy was tired at times on how it was and wanted life to just stop for minute and just breathe, take it all in. He lived in a world where everything was in constant motion and he wanted to let people know to just stop and enjoy the time that was there, even just for 8 hours.
I feel as if the movie isnt ABOUT the movie but about the scene itself. Stare at the monument and just ponder on life. Reflect. Contemplate. Take it in. Relax. Use the empire state building as just something to enjoy while your thinking. Your problems can wait. People can wait. Your life is precious.
*Just take your time.*
haha self own
Lol
Hell yeah. Great video.
thanks for making a review about this film; I always wanted to learn more about it. Do you know if Andy Warhol was ever quoted making any statements about it?
It took me two years to research but here's your answer:
‘I never liked the idea of picking out certain scenes and pieces of time and putting them together, because… it’s not like life… What I liked was chunks of time all together, every real moment.’
And according to wikipedia, Warhol said the purpose of this film is "to see time go by"
It's very Zen, thru it's stillness one becomes The Sage. It quiets the mind to allow enlightenment to surface. It's Genius.
I’m not entirely sure why I watched the whole thing, it’s not a masterpiece by any stretch-or is it?
Time is precious
Style is substance
Film is expensive
I think the guy who made the film was a genius. He pushed the limits of just how pointless and dumb he could make something and still get snobby pricks to call it a work of art.
How did you pronounce Jonas Mekas?
How I heard it in another video introducing him. Don't @ me.
MECK-ess. Though I enunciated it somewhere in between that and MEEK-ess.
It's pronounced Jonas Mekas
@@matheustran8009 that's funny.
Fuckkkk 😂 I was watching Empire at 2x speed... Suddenly I came here and was wandering till 48th seconds why this guy doesnt sound like human 😂😂😂
😂😂🤣
This movie should be renamed "NYC Webcam" or "NYC CCTV". That's the only way it was ahead of its time.
I loved to big racing scene. It made the pod race from The Phantom Menace and the chariot race from Ben Hur pale in comparison.
Diction, please
*Funny how you sound just like Andy Warhol.*
Well said. But recently I’ve been thinking of the gatekeepers who in effect tell us what is art or not. For example, if someone who lacked any sort of fame and success as an artist would have made Empire it would have been judged as rather inane and would most likely not even be on the cultural radar. Just some thoughts. And I appreciated the thoughts brought up in your video. Thank you.
1000 years from now this will be the film that sums up the 20th century. Capturing an incredible moment in time and space. It's a macrocosm of the microcosm, existence of eternity captured in a short time span which implies the whole universe, It's a supreme revelation, what's behind God. Date of filming July 24-25, 1964 . I was in a hospital 30 miles away having been born 2 days prior. And FYI, it's was not just 8 hours (actually 6 hours slowed down) of the Empire State Building; it was also Andy's and Jonas' reflections while they change the rolls.
If you want to learn more about his films you might try this medium.com/@36toesproductions/a-little-about-andy-warhols-films-b9ffe79202cd
Тот случай когда не умели снимать тайм лапсом))
Andy should have stuck with painting Campbell Soup Cans, anyone that paid to see 8 hours of documented time, I have one word Suckers....
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