Die Hard Movie Barcode

1987 · dir. A. Rowan · 104 min · 1.85:1 · drama

Amber / Blue palette · Dark · 325 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 104 minutes of Die Hard 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 A. Rowan in 1987 and framed at 1.85:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.