There is no connecting thread here, save for the continuing framing story of the young man becoming entranced by the illustrations. The movie reuses the same three principal actors in every story vignette, making it a bizarre, confusing task to try to re-identify each as their role changes from tale to tale.
Each one in turn plays out a science fiction tale, a morality play, some bitter, some sweet, some perplexing. He warns the young man not to stare too closely at them for too long, as they seem to come alive and portray tales. The senior hobo(Rod Stieger) is covered from head to toe by tattoo illustrations that both enrich and curse him. A young hobo falls in with an experienced traveler who at times frightens and entices him. Just as the original book is an anthology of science fiction stories, the Illustrated Man movie has a framing device to connect the fragmented story vignettes that are told.
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