Why They Hid The Ending For 38 Years | Phase IV (1974)

Описание: Why They Hid The Ending For 38 Years

Discover the unsettling truth behind the production of Phase IV (1974). In this Golden Flicker video, we reveal the practical effects secrets and the lost ending that Paramount Pictures locked away for nearly four decades.

Saul Bass, the legendary graphic designer behind cinema's greatest title sequences, directed only one feature film. Phase IV was an ambitious sci-fi odyssey that cast real ants as its antagonists, using groundbreaking macro cinematography without relying on optical illusions or CGI. But the studio was so unnerved by Bass's surreal, psychedelic climax that they buried it. Join us as we explore the practical methods used on set, the film's profound connections to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alien, and why this forgotten masterpiece eventually claimed its rightful cult status.

Chapters
00:00 The Sci-Fi Film Starring Real Ants
01:11 The Designer and His Microscopic Cast
03:45 The Towers and the Sci-Fi Lineage
06:17 Three Colours and the Shadow of Kubrick
09:33 The Ending That Disappeared
13:27 The Title That Arrives Last
14:51 A Legacy Restored

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