第四阶段1974

<p>　　号称是美国七十年月最非著名的一部科幻电影杰作，导演索尔·巴斯是设计师，还曾两次获过奥斯卡奖，但不知为何这部经典的心理科幻片至今都没出DVD。<br/>　　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.<br/>　　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.<br/>　　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，少年时曾经在布鲁克林学院进修绘画，毕业后从事过十年自由职业设计师的职业，1946年在洛杉矶创建索尔·巴斯合作公司。他在为一些影片进行美术设计时，猜出机杼地为片头片尾的演职职员表配上生动活泼的动画人物，这些动画人物的形状动作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协调地成为了影片不成或缺的一部分，这种果敢的立异雄厚了电影的表现模式，广受观众们的喜爱，厥后为不少国度的影片所沿用。索尔·巴斯设计片头片尾的影片以《卡门·琼斯》(1955)、《红衣主教》(1963)等片最为著名。此外，他还监制和导演了良多电视告白片、动画片片和纪录片，如《敏锐的眼光》(1963)、《第四相》(1974)等。</p>