Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Saul Bass - Antsy, Artsy

A few screen-grabs here from Phase IV, directed by Saul Bass. This is a fantastic, beautifully made movie, recently released on DVD and well worth finding and watching. For the full set of shots, as well as more inane blathering by me, go here.











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8 comments:

  1. AeronSeptember 30, 2008 at 5:52 AM

    I saw this for the first time a couple years ago, The movie poster is really fantastic with the ants on the hand, very weird. Great screen grabs, I forgot how interesting the visuals were in this.

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  2. Newman CruiseSeptember 30, 2008 at 6:04 AM

    i agree this is one of the best.

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  3. UlandSeptember 30, 2008 at 9:40 AM

    I've never heard of Saul Bass and it's pretty clear I should have a long time ago.It looks amazing. Its at the top of my Netflix queue.
    Thanks Jeffrey.

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  4. Human MolluskSeptember 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM

    Yeah I agree, Phase IV is an extraordinary film. I had never heard of it either, until I accidentally zapped into it on TV several years ago and immediately got sucked in. Really great film still picks, Jeffrey.

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  5. PaleoSeptember 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM

    I love his title work but didn' t have a clue about this movie, looks amazing.

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  6. Human MolluskSeptember 30, 2008 at 12:36 PM

    Here's a cool site where you can click through many title sequences bass designed.
    http://www.notcoming.com/saulbass/index2.php

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  7. Jeffrey MeyerOctober 3, 2008 at 11:19 PM

    Thanks fellas! I'm just glad it's finally on DVD and relatively easy to find now.

    I think ther are some other Bass shorts on youtube...

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  8. Matthew AllisonOctober 7, 2008 at 9:05 AM

    This is a beautiful film, well worth checking out.

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