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 10 points 2 days 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 10 points 2 days 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 6 points 2 days 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 day 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 day ago

Ambiguity is often part of the intent.