Pepe Le Moko Movie Barcode

1937 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · 108 min · 2.35:1 · crime

Amber / Blue palette · Dark · 324 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 108 minutes of Pepe Le Moko 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 Jean-Pierre Melville in 1937 and framed at 2.35:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.