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“Don’T You Call Them Tattoos!”
By Raymond Benson
Ray Bradbury’s excellent 1951 short story anthology, The Illustrated Man, is one of the author’s most revered works. It contains eighteen tales loosely framed by a narrator who meets a carnival sideshow freak covered in tattoos that “tell stories”—and each entry in the book illustrates one of the tattoos.
“Don’t you call them tattoos!” Rod Steiger belligerently yells at the protagonist of the 1969 film adaptation. “They are skin ill-us-tra-tions!” Steiger emotes in his inimitable scenery-chewing way.
And there is the crux of why The Illustrated Man, which was adapted by co-producer Howard B. Kreitsek, doesn’t work too well. Steiger, who plays “Carl,” the illustrated man, had a checkered career marked by many brilliant performances… but also, perhaps, more eccentric and over-the-top ones. His good screen appearances are truly excellent, and...
“Don’T You Call Them Tattoos!”
By Raymond Benson
Ray Bradbury’s excellent 1951 short story anthology, The Illustrated Man, is one of the author’s most revered works. It contains eighteen tales loosely framed by a narrator who meets a carnival sideshow freak covered in tattoos that “tell stories”—and each entry in the book illustrates one of the tattoos.
“Don’t you call them tattoos!” Rod Steiger belligerently yells at the protagonist of the 1969 film adaptation. “They are skin ill-us-tra-tions!” Steiger emotes in his inimitable scenery-chewing way.
And there is the crux of why The Illustrated Man, which was adapted by co-producer Howard B. Kreitsek, doesn’t work too well. Steiger, who plays “Carl,” the illustrated man, had a checkered career marked by many brilliant performances… but also, perhaps, more eccentric and over-the-top ones. His good screen appearances are truly excellent, and...
- 6/30/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Ray Bradbury adapted to the screen is always something to check out; this Jack Smight- directed trio of stories bound together by a mystery man wearing the graffiti of the title at least works up a little ethereal-cereal excitement. Husband and wife Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom spout ominous dialogue as they face various futuristic threats.
The Illustrated Man
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1969 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 103 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers, Tim Weldon, Christine Matchett
Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
Art Direction: Joel Schiller
Film Editor: Archie Marshek
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by Howard B. Kreitsek from the book by Ray Bradbury
Produced by Howard B. Kreitsek, Ted Mann
Directed by Jack Smight
Ray Bradbury must have had some frustrating times as a screenwriter, although the three times I saw him in person he never...
The Illustrated Man
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1969 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 103 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers, Tim Weldon, Christine Matchett
Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
Art Direction: Joel Schiller
Film Editor: Archie Marshek
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by Howard B. Kreitsek from the book by Ray Bradbury
Produced by Howard B. Kreitsek, Ted Mann
Directed by Jack Smight
Ray Bradbury must have had some frustrating times as a screenwriter, although the three times I saw him in person he never...
- 9/12/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Charlie Bronson cashed in big with this lightweight action thriller co-starring Jill Ireland and Robert Duvall. Did Duvall get involved because the original concept was a serious look at political scandals between big business, the CIA and Chile? The clues from the real source story are still there.
Breakout
Region B + A Blu-ray
Koch Media / Explosive Media (De)
1975 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date January 17, 2017 / Der Mann ohne Nerven / Available from Amazon.de Eur 15,99
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Sheree North, John Huston, Jorge Moreno, Paul Mantee, Emilio Fernandez, Alan Vint, Roy Jenson, John Huston.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Bud Isaacs
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by: Howard B. Kreitsek, Marc Norman, Elliott Baker suggested by the book Ten Second Jailbreak by Warren Hinckle, William Turner, Eliot Asinof.
Produced by: Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Directed by: Tom Gries
Charles Bronson seems to have been an unhappy...
Breakout
Region B + A Blu-ray
Koch Media / Explosive Media (De)
1975 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date January 17, 2017 / Der Mann ohne Nerven / Available from Amazon.de Eur 15,99
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Sheree North, John Huston, Jorge Moreno, Paul Mantee, Emilio Fernandez, Alan Vint, Roy Jenson, John Huston.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Bud Isaacs
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by: Howard B. Kreitsek, Marc Norman, Elliott Baker suggested by the book Ten Second Jailbreak by Warren Hinckle, William Turner, Eliot Asinof.
Produced by: Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Directed by: Tom Gries
Charles Bronson seems to have been an unhappy...
- 2/18/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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