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The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of 18 science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people.
A sci-fi horror film based on Ray Bradbury's short story collection, featuring Rod Steiger as a tattooed drifter who relives three futuristic nightmares. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Jack Smight
- 1969-03-26
The Illustrated Man is a 1969 American dark science fiction drama film directed by Jack Smight and starring Rod Steiger as a man whose tattoos on his body represent visions of frightening futures.
Next came The Illustrated Man and then, in 1953, Fahrenheit 451, which many consider to be Bradbury's masterpiece, a scathing indictment of censorship set in a future world where the written word is forbidden. In an attempt to salvage their history and culture, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy as their books ...
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The Illustrated Man is a collection of 18 speculative fiction stories by Ray Bradbury, published in 1951. The stories are linked by the character of the Illustrated Man, who has tattoos that tell his future.
Instead of slipping goblins into nuclear reactors, it slips logic into an illogical universe. We start with fantasy: A strange lady has covered the body of a man with "skin illustrations" which picture the future and the past. Look into his tattoos and you will see . . . Well, literally anything.
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In this Sci-Fi anthology based on short stories by famous Sci-Fi and horror author Ray Bradbury, a man meets a strange woman and ends up having his whole body covered in tattoos or illustrations, as he calls them.
