Ashes of Time Movie Barcode

1994 · dir. Wong Kar-wai · 100 min · 1.85:1 · action

Amber / Gold palette · Very dark · 332 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 100 minutes of Ashes of Time 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 Wong Kar-wai in 1994 and framed at 1.85:1, the action palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.