Goodfellas Movie Barcode

1990 · dir. Martin Scorsese · 145 min · 1.85:1 · crime

Amber / Red palette · Very dark · 323 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 145 minutes of Goodfellas 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 Martin Scorsese in 1990 and framed at 1.85:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.