号称是美国七十年月最非著名的一部科幻电影佳构,导演索尔·巴斯是设想师,还曾两次获过奥斯卡奖,但不知为何这部典范的心理科幻片至今都没出DVD。
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the desert inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them. But the ants have other ideas.
Phase IV is an incredible full length feature film by Saul Bass who is most acclaimed as a graphic designer who's work can be seen as the opening credits from The Seven Year Itch, Vertigo, West Side Story to Alien, Broadcast News and Casino. Phase IV is a much overlooked film that is very much in the style of The Andromeda Strain. What it perhaps lacks in story, it gains in the photography of the millions of ants.
索尔·巴斯,美国动画片绘制家、美工师、导演,1920年5月8日生于纽约市,少年时已经在布鲁克林学院进修绘画,结业后处置过十年自在职业设想师的职业,1946年在洛杉矶创建索尔·巴斯合作公司。他在为一些影片停止美术设想时,猜出心裁地为片头片尾的演职职员表配上活泼活跃的动画人物,这些动画人物的形状行动奇妙地提醒了影片的主题,反应了影片的基调,从而使单调有趣的演职职员表和谐地成为了影片不成或缺的一部分,这类大胆的创新丰富了电影的表示形式,广受观众们的爱好,厥后为很多国家的影片所相沿。索尔·巴斯设想片头片尾的影片以《卡门·琼斯》(1955)、《红衣主教》(1963)等片最为著名。此外,他还监制和导演了很多电视广告片、动画片片和记载片,如《灵敏的眼光》(1963)、《第四相》(1974)等。