The Return Movie Barcode

2003 · dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev · 110 min · 1.85:1 · drama

Blue / Amber palette · Dark · 328 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 110 minutes of The Return 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 Andrey Zvyagintsev in 2003 and framed at 1.85:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.