Zero Dark Thirty Movie Barcode

2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow · 157 min · 1.85:1 · thriller

Amber / Blue palette · Dark · 324 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 157 minutes of Zero Dark Thirty 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 Kathryn Bigelow in 2012 and framed at 1.85:1, the thriller palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.