号称是美國七十年代最非著名的一部科幻電影杰作,導演索尔·巴斯是設计师,還曾两次獲过奥斯卡奖,但不知為何这部经典的心理科幻片至今都沒出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,美國動畫片绘製家、美工师、導演,1920年5月8日生于纽约市,少年時曾经在布鲁克林学院学习绘畫,毕業後从事过十年自由职業設计师的职業,1946年在洛杉矶创立索尔·巴斯合作公司。他在為一些影片進行美术設计時,猜出心裁地為片头片尾的演职人员表配上生動活泼的動畫人物,这些動畫人物的形态動作巧妙地提示了影片的主题,反映了影片的基調,从而使单調乏味的演职人员表和谐地成為了影片不可或缺的一部分,这种大胆的创新丰富了電影的表现形式,广受觀众们的喜爱,其後為不少國家的影片所沿用。索尔·巴斯設计片头片尾的影片以《卡門·琼斯》(1955)、《红衣主教》(1963)等片最為著名。此外,他還监製和導演了很多電視广告片、動畫片片和纪錄片,如《敏锐的眼光》(1963)、《第四相》(1974)等。