The Illustrated Man (1969)

Directors

Jack Smight

Cast

Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins

The story

Set in the backroads of America, the film enacts three of Bradbury's short stories set in the future, with a man named Carl telling tales behind some of his tattoos, which he insists are not to be called tattoos, but only ever "skin illustrations", which come to life and tell the illustration's story when stared at directly. The stories are about virtual reality ("The Veldt"), a mysterious planet ("The Long Rain") and the end of the world ("The Last Night of the World"). Carl, accompanied by his dog, Peke, tells his tales to Willie, a traveler.

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