High and Low Movie Barcode

1963 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · 114 min · 1.85:1 · crime

Amber / Blue palette · Dark · 321 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 114 minutes of High and Low 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 Jean-Pierre Melville in 1963 and framed at 1.85:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.