The Last Samurai Movie Barcode

2003 · dir. Edward Zwick · 154 min · 2.39:1 · war

Green / Teal palette · Very dark · 328 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 154 minutes of The Last Samurai 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 Edward Zwick in 2003 and framed at 2.39:1, the war palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.