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: Warner Home Video
: Independent, Science Fiction
: 103 min.
: English, French
: English
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This science fiction fantasy is taken from the stories of Ray Bradbury. Carl (Rod Steiger) has a tattooed torso of bizarre illustrations done by his wife Felicia (Claire Bloom). Each one tells a story about the future, and when Will (Robert Drivas) meets The Illustrated Man in a hobo jungle en route to California, Carl warns him not to look too closely at the pictures on his person. One story has Carl, Felicia, Will and another man stranded on a planet plagued by perpetual rainstorms. Another has Will as a marriage counselor who watches in horror while Carl and Felicia's children plan their deaths. The third futuristic saga has Will observing Carl and Felicia on the top of a mountain as they plan to kill their children. After the three stories, Will is plagued by futuristic nightmares of Carl coming to kill him in this depressing and pessimistic film. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
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by Hallucination
August 5, 2007 - 7:21 PM PDT
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| I really enjoyed this film when I was growing up, and think it's one of the better anthology movies ever done. It maintains a consistently creepy tone throughout (much of which emanates from Rod Steiger's strangely tattooed title character), and some of the segments stick in my brain even today, particularly a story where space explorers are stranded on a planet where it never stops pouring rain, hopelessly slogging through a drenched landscape covered with gigantic mushrooms. The film, from Ray Bradbury's book, also presages the idea of virtual reality in its final chapter. Startling, often psychedelic visuals and solid performances make this a wonderfully entertaining work worth watching, and I'm pleased to see it finally out on DVD. |
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