Millennium Actress Movie Barcode

2001 · dir. Satoshi Kon · 87 min · 1.85:1 · animation

Amber / Green palette · Bright · 323 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 87 minutes of Millennium Actress 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 Satoshi Kon in 2001 and framed at 1.85:1, the animation palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.