An Autumn Afternoon Movie Barcode

1962 · dir. Yasujiro Ozu · 113 min · 1.37:1 · drama

Amber / Gold palette · Dark · 323 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 113 minutes of An Autumn Afternoon 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 Yasujiro Ozu in 1962 and framed at 1.37:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.