La Cienaga Movie Barcode

2001 · dir. Lucrecia Martel · 103 min · 1.85:1 · drama

Teal / Green palette · Dark · 331 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 103 minutes of La Cienaga 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 Lucrecia Martel in 2001 and framed at 1.85:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.