Saul Bass’ ant horror movie Phase IV is truly strange.
Even if you don't know his name, you've seen his work: the hypnotic, dizzying poster for Vertigo , the vaguely horrifying original poster for The Shining, and a pretty sizable selection of household logos, from Lawry's to the goddamn Girl Scouts.
Well, a sheep ends up dead with nearly perfectly round circles drilled into its bloodless neck. Mr. Eldridge , a local farmer, shrugs it off as "some kind of an infestation." He doesn't yet know how right he is. It's once Lesko and Hubbs issue an order for the farmer and his family to evacuate that things start getting really weird. Lesko starts communicating with the ants with his fancy computer equipment hooked up to a massive antenna.
The Ants' Purpose in 'Phase IV' Is Unclear Middleham's photography is crucial to the film, but so is the mystique that Bass allows through restraint. We can see what the ants are doing without explanation, but rarely do we understand why. We aren't supposed to, as they're operating according to a logic that defies our capability. It's precisely why Lesko is ultimately stumped by the behavior. It rebels against what we understand about ants.
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