Idiocracy Movie Barcode

2006 · dir. Mike Judge · 84 min · 1.85:1 · comedy

Amber / Red palette · Bright · 328 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 84 minutes of Idiocracy 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 Mike Judge in 2006 and framed at 1.85:1, the comedy palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.