Layer Cake Movie Barcode

2004 · dir. Michael Mann · 100 min · 2.39:1 · crime

Blue / Amber palette · Very dark · 330 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 100 minutes of Layer Cake 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 Michael Mann in 2004 and framed at 2.39:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.