The Illustrated Man
by Jack Smight
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Actor: Claire Bloom, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers, Robert Drivas, Rod SteigerDirector: Jack Smight
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop
Editor: Archie Marshek
Producer: Howard B. Kreitsek
Writer: Howard B. Kreitsek
Producer: Ted Mann
Writer: Ray Bradbury
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 111201
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Illustrated Man
Movie Review: Contemplative, Deliberate, Exceptional.
Summary: 5 Stars
You must be a patient viewer with this film and allow yourself to become immersed and controlled by the environment that director Jack Smight creates.
This is a very deliberately paced film, I would even say "Tarkovskian" ala "Stalker". Don't get hung up on the differences between Ray Bradburys stories and how they are depicted in the film - the stories are only a starting point.
Rod Steiger and the rest of the cast are stunning and riveting in their portrayals and they have great dialog to build upon which is both philosophical and poetic.
I saw this film when it was released in 1969 and was dazzled by it then but I was wondering if it still held up - well, it does, IN SPADES.
It's amazing that this film even got approved but we are sure lucky it did.
The DVD looks wonderful EXCEPTING that at 1:36:17 (approx.) there is a digital artifact the appears near Rod Steigers chin. I was viewing the DVD on my new Oppo Digital DV-981HD at 720p on a Maxent 50" Plasma via HDMI. I switched to 480p and the glitch was still there. I then watched it at 480p on my Pioneer DV-434 and the glitch still appeared.
I requested a replacement DVD/FILM - Amazon sent another one out and I tested it again via all the above and the glitch is still there. I can only surmise that this digital artifacting is either the result of the first pressing of this DVD or, even worse, the result of the telecine transfer process - it only happens for a split second - I hope that this can be corrected upon future pressings.
Hope this helped and that you enjoy the film.
Summary of The Illustrated Man
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