The Illustrated Man

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Ron S Jan 21, 2019 Science fiction often doesn't age well. It's like Wall St.--most speculators get burned. Bradbury's writings hold up, but this film interpretation feels very dated. It suffers from some artistic pretensions that were common to '60s auteur cinema--hammy acting, overdone expressionist camera angles, heavy-handed scoring. But what makes this laughably unwatchable at times is the cruddy night filter, a low budget expedient that also marred contemporaneous Star Trek episodes. It's such a weird and useless effect, especially in campfire scenes when it would be far more evocative to shoot it almost completely dark with some flickering flame highlights. Literature and cinema are different forms, and one seldom translates well to the other. This is a sensitive and earnest attempt, but it hits its share of sour notes, partly perhaps due to low budget, but it also suffers from stylistically intrusive touches of self-indulgence. Probably 2 stars if not for halo effect of the source material. See more

George S Dec 13, 2018 Not great by todays standards, and probably not considered great by the standards of when it was filmed. However, it has a unique script which is still interesting today. Also, Rod Steiger was one of the most believable bad guys in film history See more

Poe G Aug 4, 2018 Rod Steiger is as wonderful as always, an interesting tale of how a mans tattoos tell tales of a woman from the future and the past, which take him to these places following her imprint on his tattoos. Does that make any sense! Enjoyable period piece. See more

Finn W Nov 17, 2017 one of the most confusing films ive seen, it was enjoyable enough though. still dont really know what it was all about

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