Inherent Vice Movie Barcode

2014 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · 148 min · 1.85:1 · comedy

Amber / Gold palette · Balanced · 326 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 148 minutes of Inherent Vice 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 Paul Thomas Anderson in 2014 and framed at 1.85:1, the comedy palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.