logo
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

8.5/10

1hr 36mins

Country:US

2018

DocumentaryHistory
Spoken Languages: English

Overview:

Long before satellites would journey to planets and deep-space telescopes would photograph distant galaxies, there was an artist whose dazzling visions of planets and stars would capture the imagination of all who beheld them. Before that, he was an architect working on projects like the Chrysler Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. He would later become a matte painter in Hollywood working on films like Citizen Kane and Destination Moon. Who was this remarkable man? His name was Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). Chesley Bonestell’s mesmerizing depiction of “Saturn As Seen From Titan” became known as “the painting that launched a thousand careers.” Told by the many people who were influenced by Chesley Bonestell or knew him personally and punctuated with rare interview footage of the artist himself, the documentary compellingly chronicles the life of a quiet, artistic visionary, whose architecture and space art continue to inspire us to reach for the stars.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

DMS Production Services

Genre

Documentary, History

Runtime

1hr 36mins

Rating

8.5/10

Release Date

2018-05-01

You may also like:

View movieBirdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962-07-04 7.5
View movieInterstellar

Interstellar

2014-11-05 8.5
View movieTitanic

Titanic

1997-11-18 7.9
View movieBarbie

Barbie

2023-06-18 7.0
View movieKingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

2015-01-24 7.6
View movieInception

Inception

2010-07-15 8.4
View movieAmerican Psycho

American Psycho

2000-04-13 7.4
View movieThe Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006-03-23 8.0
View movieDead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

1989-06-02 8.3
View movieThe Danish Girl

The Danish Girl

2015-11-27 7.6
View movieLa La Land

La La Land

2016-12-01 7.9
View movieAtonement

Atonement

2007-02-27 7.6
View movie2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968-04-02 8.1
View movieTranscendence

Transcendence

2014-04-16 6.1
View moviePulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994-09-10 8.5
View movieSplit

Split

2017-01-19 7.3
View movieThe Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994-09-23 8.7
View movieThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008-12-25 7.6
View movieHacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016-10-07 8.2
View movieFull Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

1987-06-26 8.1