El Topo Movie Barcode

1970 · dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · 125 min · 1.85:1 · western

Amber / Gold palette · Dark · 325 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 125 minutes of El Topo 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 Alejandro Jodorowsky in 1970 and framed at 1.85:1, the western palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.