The Prestige Movie Barcode

1997 · dir. I. Sorokin · 95 min · 2.00:1 · drama

Amber / Blue palette · Very dark · 320 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 95 minutes of The Prestige 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 I. Sorokin in 1997 and framed at 2.00:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.