The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Movie Barcode

2018 · dir. Joel Coen · 133 min · 1.85:1 · western

Amber / Red palette · Balanced · 333 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 133 minutes of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 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 Joel Coen in 2018 and framed at 1.85:1, the western palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.