Goodbye South Goodbye Movie Barcode

1996 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · 116 min · 1.85:1 · crime

Gold / Amber palette · Dark · 331 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 116 minutes of Goodbye South Goodbye 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 Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1996 and framed at 1.85:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.