Sonatine Movie Barcode

1993 · dir. Takeshi Kitano · 94 min · 1.85:1 · crime

Blue / Teal palette · Balanced · 325 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 94 minutes of Sonatine 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 Takeshi Kitano in 1993 and framed at 1.85:1, the crime palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.