Late Spring Movie Barcode

1949 · dir. Yasujiro Ozu · 108 min · 1.37:1 · drama

Blue / Amber palette · Dark · 331 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 108 minutes of Late Spring 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 Yasujiro Ozu in 1949 and framed at 1.37:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.