Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Movie Barcode

1994 · dir. Tom Shadyac · 86 min · 1.85:1 · comedy

Amber / Gold palette · Dark · 327 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 86 minutes of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 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 Tom Shadyac in 1994 and framed at 1.85:1, the comedy palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.