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

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 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?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 9 points 1 month ago (2 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

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have stumbled into an art-philosophy debate that's centuries old and will never end.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ambiguity is often part of the intent.