El Dorado Movie Barcode

1966 · dir. Howard Hawks · 126 min · 1.85:1 · western

Amber / Blue palette · Dark · 330 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 126 minutes of El Dorado 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 Howard Hawks in 1966 and framed at 1.85:1, the western palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.