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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?"
I worked from home for a few years. The Pornhub sessions would need to be edited out.
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
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?
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
You have stumbled into an art-philosophy debate that's centuries old and will never end.
No I mean specifically this artwork, this author, not art in general. Am a professional artist myself so I have some notion what this debate entails, but I was curious about the specifics of this film
Ambiguity is often part of the intent.
Severance ?