{"id":7079,"date":"2022-04-08T15:16:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classic2vintage.com\/?p=7079"},"modified":"2024-05-24T20:57:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:57:05","slug":"phase-4-1974-the-dystopia-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classic2vintage.com\/en\/phase-4-1974-the-dystopia-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 4 (1974) – The dystopia of reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”bold” color=”Accent-Color” quote=”1974: the film destined to change (in silence) the history of cinematography is released and which, in a final as innovative and visionary as it is chilling, tells a hypothetical future of the human race that instead increasingly resembles the present.” name=”The Boss”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7090″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]The novel “Phase IV” by Barry N. Malzberg was based on the draft of the screenplay and was released before the film[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”100″][vc_column_text]1974: the film destined to change (in silence) the history of cinematography is released and which, in a final as innovative and visionary as it is chilling, tells a hypothetical future of the human race that instead increasingly resembles the present.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”100″][vc_column_text]\n
Article by Daniele Pieraccini<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_column_text]Where works created by authors also geographically and chronologically distant meet, all converging towards a single concept: the \u201calien\u201d invasion understood as the trigger of a palingenesis of known reality.<\/p>\n Something foreign to human nature works to take possession of our own Being, changing us to exercise unlimited and absolute control.<\/p>\n In this imaginary apocalyptic crossroads pass films such as “They Live<\/em>“, “Logan’s Run<\/em>“, “The Matrix<\/em>“, “Videodrome<\/em>“, “THX 1138″<\/em>, “Soylent Green<\/em>“, “The Terminal Man<\/em>” as well as titles already covered in this blog such as\u00a0“I viaggiatori della sera<\/em><\/a>“, “Hanno cambiato faccia<\/em>“, “Wounds<\/em><\/a>“, “Swiss Made 2069<\/a><\/em>“, “Good News<\/em><\/a>“, “Omicron<\/em><\/a>“.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7085″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n Movie Poster<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height_phone=”0″ custom_height=”80″][image_with_animation image_url=”6694″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n The fake mash-up poster derived from the Italian film Omicron and Phase 4<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height_phone=”0″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]About the latter: the fake poster released a few months ago and referring to an alleged 1963 film entitled “The Omicron variant” is actually an edit of the poster of “Phase IV”, a surprising SF-horror from 1974, made by Saul Bass.<\/p>\n Saul Bass, illustrator, maker of logos for large companies and above all king of posters and film titles, which he transformed into a fundamental introduction to movies.<\/p>\n Influenced by Constructivism and Bauhaus, thanks to his minimalist artistic vision (see above all the example of “Anatomy of a murder”) Bass was able to leave his mark on the history of cinema, transforming the opening credits into an integral part of work, prologue to the story and an identifying mark of the film itself.<\/p>\n “Phase IV” was a flop at the box office and crushed by critics, but over time it has become a “cult” and has finally been re-evaluated by some commentators, who have recognized its dimension as a universal metaphysical drama. Surely, on a visual level, we are faced with a nightmare of visionary intensity that deserves further study.<\/p>\n A recurring criticism of the film’s release consisted in highlighting a lack of satisfactory explanations to the story told, which made the work an exercise in visual style devoid of interesting meanings: ultimately a 50’s monster movie, with good intentions and valuable documentary shoots but summarily useless. This impression is shared by anyone who has seen Bass’s film over the years, including myself.<\/p>\n And it’s a different story entirely. It is with this rediscovered ending that everything takes on another meaning, so much so that a “50s monster movie” becomes a real masterpiece. Whether they are the machines of Matrix, the aliens of Omicron \/ They Live, or the insects of Phase IV, a reality foreign to humanity is permanently changing our condition. A substantial dehumanization looms; the only way is to rebel against mechanization, depersonalization, the oppressive and coercive power that oppresses us more and more.<\/p>\n The computers shown in the laboratory are real: it is mainly the GEC 2050.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Those of the rediscovered finale of the film are five minutes of visionary creativity that change the fate and meaning of a film, raising it to grandiose and prophetic levels. An explosive ending, a disturbing trip that shows the decline of mankind. A majestic film mirage hard to forget.<\/p>\n The Italian title is therefore misleading: Phase IV is not about the destruction of our planet, but a reconfiguration of humanity itself, by taking possession of bodies and minds in order to mathematically and “efficiently” reorganize life on Earth.<\/p>\n The fatal Phase IV comes after an artfully constructed tension between visual metaphors, surrealism, excellent sound commentary, beautiful photography and even discreet acting. Everything takes on a sense with this ending, an apocalyptic sense blasted in the face (with force but also with a certain executive subtlety) to the spectators who are annihilated in front of a representation of anti-human inevitability that leaves us terrified.<\/p>\n Among the rich symbolism of the film we find lozenges inscribed in “crop circles” and 7 particular obelisks.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n Desert shooting was done in Kenya.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]The technical side is very important, just look at the use made of micro cameras (in 1974!) To follow insects closely; note also the realization of a “subjective” of an ant. The plot in short: following a spectacular and mysterious cosmic event, ants of every species evolve in a lightning-fast and inexplicable way. Insects soon wage war on humans, quickly immunizing themselves from the chemical weapons used to fight them and erecting eerie geometric monoliths surrounding a laboratory in Arizona, the base of humans trying to oppose the fierce colonies of mutated insects.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7104″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]The ant revolt is mechanical, organized, an extreme and efficient assembly line that leaves no way out for humans.<\/p>\n The terrible mystical ecstasy of the finale reveals the real purpose of the invasion: far from wanting to destroy the planet, the plan of the ants, Phase IV, foresees the transformation of the human species and its adaptation to the world of insects. Total assimilation.<\/p>\n The film’s human protagonists eventually reveal that they don’t know what ants want from us, but await instructions. The technocrat dream of the (solely) operative man is about to come true.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7106″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7108″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7110″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7112″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7114″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7116″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7118″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7120″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n The Phase 4<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7122″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7124″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n “There are fields\u2026 endless fields, we\u2019re human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For longest time, I wouldn\u2019t believe it\u2026 and then I saw the fields with my own eyes. ” THE ORIGINAL PHASE 4 TRAILER<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bcs3_b3VXSU”][divider line_type=”No Line”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][image_with_animation image_url=”7128″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”7130″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n The Japanese musician Stomu Yamashta contributed to the music of the final sequences.<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”100″][vc_column_text]\n Original Title<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Phase IV<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Countries<\/p>\n<\/th>\n United Kingdom, United States<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Release Date<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Running time<\/p>\n<\/th>\n 86 min<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Genre<\/p>\n<\/th>\n SF, drama, horror<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Directed by<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Saul Bass<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Written by<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Mayo Simon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Produced by<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Paul B. Radin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Production<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Alced Productions, Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Cinematography<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Dick Bush<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Edited by<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Willy Kemplen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Special FX<\/p>\n<\/th>\n John Richardson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Music<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Brian Gascoigne<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Scenography<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Don Barry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Starring<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n Nigel Davenport: Dr. Ernest Hubbs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Michael Murphy: James R. Lesko<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Lynne Frederick: Kendra Eldridge<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Alan Gifford: Sig. 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\nWe find references to Kubrick, anticipations of Ken Russell’s visions, a concept of rebirth that we will find in Cronenberg… Many elements aimed at showing us a destiny, indeed, a post-atomic and post-human phase now upon us and that “someone” designed for us.<\/p>\n
\nOn a visual level, it is ultimately a monumental work: even the phenomenon of crop circles is anticipated by a few years.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>The Matrix<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height_phone=”0″ custom_height=”100″][vc_column_text]\n\u201cPhase 4″ (Usa 1974) by Saul Bass<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n
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