The Illustrated Man (1969) Part 04

Rod Steiger plays the tattoo-covered title role in this fascinating vision of doom and danger based on the classic short story collection by futurist Ray Bradbury. Robert Drivas portrays a good-natured drifter who can't tear his eyes from Steiger's freakish illustrations. And Claire Bloom is the mysterious seductress/witch from the future who created the "art" that curses its bearer - and comes to life in a nightmarish trio of tales. Two spoiled children turn playtime into slay time (from The Veldt). Shipwrecked astronauts wander across a planet cursed by The Long Rain. And loving parents choose their children's fate when the end nears (from The Last Night of the World). Every one of The Illustrated Man's pictures tells a story.

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[Feraldj]

I hate this particular story in this movie. The director completely misses Mr. Bradbury's point, and misses the subtext in the story. The addition of the political undertones is unneccessary. As an English teacher, I can't show this to my students except as a way to compare and contrast good writing with bad.

[sonnybono1234]

PROBABLY INSPIRED THE 'Back to the Future" movies

[fernfeyes]

@ 4:12..are those toothbrushes behind her?

[doctorw2]

god i love sci fi

[xxtiaan]

so they are bitching cos they have everything they could possibly want and can only work 6 months a year, christ its worse than listening to rich people bitch about their problems, this is no farenheit 451.

[boogerhead0]

Not far fetched at all, the walls, anyway, considering this: wimp.com / windowconcept /

[foxgirl100]

I want a house like that

[massawill1]

yo lei este libro y las historias son fantasticas, recomiendo calidoscopio al menos asi se llama la historia en mi traduccion!

[Feraldj]

@idak12

First, nothing of Bradbury's descriptions hinted at the sterility of the environment. Bradbury paints the picture of a 50s suburbia, not an Orwellian dystopia. Secondly, the kids names were important. In the book they are Peter and Wendy. A direct reference to Peter Pan, and children not wanting to group up.

The crux of the story is Bradbury asking "what if?" What if we had this technology available to us? More importantly, what if we, as parents cede our duty to raise our kids.

[idak12]

@Feraldj so what happens in the book,sounds like a good book to read. What is the name of book and author friend

[Bronzewhaler82]

Typical shit 60s sci-fi music