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Jun 26, 2023
An Ant Odyssey
Science fiction fans will be aware of Phase IV, a fairly obscure film from 1974, given a new HD restoration by 101 Films. This is quite an odd film in that a fair part of it consists of watching ants, which you may think is about as interesting as watching paint dry but the cinematography is incredibly good (especially since it was made in the '70's) and it is integral to the plot, which is about ants taking over from mankind - not in the dramatic manner of 'Them' featuring ants the size of a house but ordinary sized ants, relentlessly and single-mindedly organising and building to conquer the world. After the intro, the main bulk of the film is about two scientists setting up a base near a colony of ants to study and ultimately thwart them. The edit of the film you will have seen ends on an ambiguous note with the humans seemingly losing to the ants and being taken over by them. The director, Saul Bass, actually filmed an extended ending which expands upon this in what you may call a metaphysical manner - it has been likened to the 'Star Gate' ending of Kubrick's '2001:A Space Odyssey' - and this is included on the disc.
Optional commentary by Allan Bryce and Richard Hollis is included along with the theatrical trailer and a documentary 'Contextualising Phase IV'
Disappointingly this was the only feature film directed by Saul Bass, noted for his pioneering work in animated credit sequences, and it has been speculated that difficulties with the Hollywood hierarchy in getting the film released may have been the cause. He was more prolific in making a motley selection on short films, six of which are featured on the second disc of this set. They range from the documentary 'Bass on Titles' to the 30 minute short 'Quest' based on a story by Ray Bradbury in which a tribe of humans afflicted with rapid ageing (to the extent that average life expectancy is only eight days) send their young, brightest and best on a quest to unlock the key to long life. This has also been given HD restoration.
So, you get quite a lot for your money. With the sad demise recently of Network Distributing, we need to support innovative labels such as 101 who bring us hidden gems such as 'Phase IV' which the 'majors' would leave languishing in the vaults.
Jul 20, 2022
Good 1959 Compilation
I'm collecting this excellent series, one by one, remembering some of the songs that were popular as a child. There are 26 tracks lasting just over an hour - the songs of the time tended to be rather short - 1m36s being the shortest and 3m29s the longest - strange, this because I recall Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys several years later being about the same length and remarked upon by DJ's of the time for its length - radio stations at the time often limited tracks to 3 minutes.
Compilations such as this tend to be label specific - the EMI group of labels in this case - with major stars of the day such as Eddie Cochran, Adam Faith, Russ Conway and Cliff Richard, among others, being represented.
May 10, 2011
Sennheiser HD 415 Headphones
I've had three pairs of headphones - a pair of Grundigs back in the 70's which I still may have had today but I went through a phase of standing on the cable while getting up from the chair while still wearing the headphones. I did this once too often, divorcing the phones from the cable. The Grundigs were very similar to what I replaced them with, Sennheiser HD414SL's which I still have. I suspect the Grundigs may have been a badge engineered version of the original HD414's. One advantage of the 414's is that the cable had a detachable plug into each individual headphone, so when I did my party piece no real harm was done and they could just be plugged back in. You have to replace the foam earpads from time to time with this type of headphone. These can be quite expensive for what they are so I though I may as well take the opportunity to upgrade.
Putting the two side by side, the 415's are generally chunkier in all respects.
Probably the biggest failing of the 414's was their lack of bass, this is addressed with the 415's. The headband on the 414's is slightly wider than on the 415's. The 415's are noticeably heavier. I never had any problems with the 414's but the 415's can become a little uncomfortable after an hour or so.
The 415's come with large and small gold plated connectors which help in ensuring a good connection with your audio equipment. The connection to the phones seems to be 'plumbed in' so I had better hang on to my trusty 414's (just in case).
Overall I'm very pleased with them, definitely good value for money.