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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

One day I was thinking of Andy Warhol's film "Empire", which is basically one continuous 8 hour shot of the Empire State Building.

I thought it'd be cool to make a similar art film about your average programmer's work day. 8 hour shot of a programmer staring at the screen intensely, drinking coffee, scrolling through the code, and occasionally muttering "why the fuck doesn't this work?"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    ooooooohhhh... so that's the point of "Empire" ? showing the stark immobility of the nevralgic/symbolic center of Earth's most powerful military empire ?

    I never saw the film, tbh. Maybe it would have stricken me

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Well it's an art film. The purpose of art is to evoke emotions, to inspire dialogue. Yours is one possible interpretation. Ultimately, who's to say it's not valid?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That's quite non-committal... of course art is supposed to evoke emotions... but that's not getting me anywhere I wasn't already... I was asking about the artist's intent

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