The Assassin Movie Barcode

2015 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · 105 min · 1.41:1 · action

Red / Amber palette · Dark · 326 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 105 minutes of The Assassin 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 Hou Hsiao-hsien in 2015 and framed at 1.41:1, the action palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.