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Phase IV
| Original title:
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Phase IV
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| Czech titile:
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Fáze IV
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| Country and year:
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Great Britain, USA 1974
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| Director:
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Saul Bass
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| Version:
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English / Czech subtitles
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| Running time:
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84 + 8 minutes
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| Screening format:
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HD
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| Screening:
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Saturday 3rd March 2018 from 17:00
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| Vennue:
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Cinema Aero, Prague
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| Admission:
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120,- Kč
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A visually inventive science-fiction story, Phase IV concerns a duo of scientists working in the desert who find themselves confronted by an army of super-intelligent ants. The film was directed by Saul Bass who was primarily known as a graphic designer who worked on some of the most famous title sequences of all time. The man did title work for the best of the best, including Preminger, Kubrick and Hitchcock to name a few. In his only directorial feature Bass smartly balances old genre standbys with the gloom and headiness of the early-1970s sci-fi scene. Perhaps the most memorable aspect of the film is his intricate miniature photography, in which he gets us right up close to the ants in their habitat. Adapt or die!
Don’t leave the screening before the end of the movie since we are proud to present the rarely-seen and never officially released director’s original intended ending as a bonus after the main feature.
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