The Cat Returns Movie Barcode

2002 · dir. Hiroyuki Morita · 75 min · 1.85:1 · animation

Amber / Gold palette · Bright · 325 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 75 minutes of The Cat Returns 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 Hiroyuki Morita in 2002 and framed at 1.85:1, the animation palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.