The Illustrated Man (1969)

Directed by

Jack Smight

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drifter meets a man whose full-body tattoos show gruesome scenes from possible futures. Each tattoo tells a separate story about people facing strange and chilling events in their lives.

darkfrighteningpensiveslow-burnunsettlingatmosphericstylizedvisually evocative

What happens

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. The film is based on three short stories from the 1951 collection The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury: "The Veldt," "The Long Rain," and "The Last Night of the World." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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