#mayo simon

[science70]

Barry N. Malzberg, Phase IV (Pocket Books, 1973).

[sesiondemadrugada]

I Could Go on Singing (Ronald Neame, 1963).

[mynahfm]

ON AIR

Highly inspiring short documentary about creativity straight from 1968!

[theoscarsproject]

Marooned (1968). Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?

Ohhhh boy, this movie is boring. It’s a real shame to be honest, because the cast is great, and there are a couple of poignant, affecting scenes. It’s just bogged down by dull nonsense. Plus it’s super derivative of other, better films within the genre and, for the time, seemed to want to capitalise on the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unless you’re a Gregory Peck buff, you can definitely give this one a miss. 4/10.

[movie-titlecards]

Phase IV (1974)

My rating: 5/10

They really joined the war on ants on the side of the ants.

Anyway, the "communicating with an alien intelligence" stuff could've made for a very compelling movie (and has elsewhere), but unfortunately this insisted on being a creature feature and thus ended up being a bit of an unfocused mess.

[safe-in-their-alabaster-chambers]

[sesiondemadrugada]

Phase IV (Saul Bass, 1974).

[animationovulation]