An American Tail Movie Barcode

1986 · dir. Don Bluth · 80 min · 1.85:1 · animation

Amber / Gold palette · Bright · 326 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 80 minutes of An American Tail 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 Don Bluth in 1986 and framed at 1.85:1, the animation palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.