Binge Bones

  Sci-fi September #something old Phase IV (1974) PG; 1 hour, 24 minutes Director: Saul Bass Writer: Mayo Simona Stars: Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick Streaming on: Amazon, Epix, Hulu Keywords: ant attack, psychotronic film, biodome The Plot: Time0lapse ants stalk two scientists in the Arizona desert.  Random Observations Totally thought the narrator was Kelsey Grammer at first, but it isn't obviously, I was just dumb for like 40 seconds.  The director is Saul Bass. Yeah, THAT Saul Bass, who does the super bitchin' title animations for films such as North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Man with the Golden Arm. It looks like this was his only feature film.  My "something old" today is a first watch for me (Although, I did watch it on Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- KTMA Season 0 Episode 9 about a decade ago) . The 1970's has some of my favorite science fiction. Even though there are some smooshy plot lines and a bit of unnatural dialogue in plac...