Bob Le Flambeur Movie Barcode

1956 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · 122 min · 1.66:1 · crime

Amber / Teal palette · Very dark · 329 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 122 minutes of Bob Le Flambeur 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 Jean-Pierre Melville in 1956 and framed at 1.66:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.