A Scanner Darkly Movie Barcode

2006 · dir. Richard Linklater · 100 min · 1.85:1 · sci-fi

Blue / Teal palette · Very dark · 327 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 100 minutes of A Scanner Darkly into a single image: every shot is averaged to one colour and laid down as a vertical stripe, left to right, opening frame to end credits. Directed by Richard Linklater in 2006 and framed at 1.85:1, the sci-fi palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.