Phase IV
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Suddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them
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- Nigel Davenport
- Michael Murphy
- Lynne Frederick
- Alan Gifford
- Robert Henderson
- Helen Horton
- David Healy
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meme: idiocracy was a documentary dream: eyes wide shut was a documentary supreme: phase iv was a documentary
pd187Apr 12, 2022Legendary graphic designer Saul Bass' only feature directorial outing and it is a psychedelic, 2001-inspired science-fiction horror story about two human scientists declaring war on a colonizing force of hyper-intelligent ants. Has an incredibly strong and unique…
Josh LewisDec 7, 2019This is a....frankly amazing.....movie that certainly fits into my current kick of animals gone amok/environmental horror, but also aims for a level of genuine science fiction that somehow separates it from most of its kind. Like this is humans vs. ants, but on a level that…
Tony the Terror - Jun 9, 2013
why should God care if you understand His plan?
matt lynchOct 29, 2017Blast the ground with yellow powder. Insert men in full-body white suits. Shoot against the bluest sky. Overload the senses with color, with broad strokes, without fine detail. It's just three blankets of hue, bold and direct and bright. Zoom in. Show fine details of…
Sally Jane BlackFeb 23, 2024finds footing between ecological thriller, creature features and an innately 70s cinema sense of paranoia, as if Saul Bass wanted to make The Conversation with/about ants (which is apt in more ways than one) -- fueled by an unshakable sense of style, which should be no…
Justin LaLiberty - Jun 12, 2020
What would happen if ants of every kind united under the same collective super intelligence? Roll that beautiful ant footage Saul Bass! This film is credited with being the first ever pop cultural depiction of a crop circle and perhaps the "stand alone" event that spawned a…
Will MenakerMar 18, 2020I'd really better not have nightmares of ants tonight. Vegan alert: -Dead bugs -Man swats ants (and practically destroys a lab thrying to kill them) -Much much more harm done to ants Vegan points: People talk to the ants.
Allison M. 🌱Nov 6, 2024Inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, the evolution of ants is directed by cosmic intervention. Man is under attack! The ants chew through cables! Build weapons of mass destruction! (Well actually weapons-of-turn-the-heat-up-a-little). They devour beasts and men in a blink of…
Yves Bouwen
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- Alex likedPhase IV
Came for the ants, stayed for the cinematography. Really well shot low budget sci-fi. Story was interesting enough but all the micro shots and set designs were great. Definitely need to watch more from this DP 8/10
ALEX is "meh" onPhase IVThe concept is really cool, but the film is too slow-paced and at times boring. I really liked the tunnel shots and the final scene even though I didn't totally understand the meaning behind it
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In form, Phase IV isn’t that different from monster movies of old, though the ants never grow to monstrous size. In execution, it’s much more striking, offering a study in contrasts between ants and humans, and one that doesn’t always reflect favorably on the humans.
Keith Phipps
The Dissolve
So-so ecological SF thriller from 1974 about superintelligent ants.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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