{"id":15847,"date":"2018-04-11T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847"},"modified":"2018-04-11T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T18:04:14","slug":"chesley-bonestell-documentary-to-debut-at-newport-beach-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847","title":{"rendered":"Chesley Bonestell documentary to debut at Newport Beach Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new documentary movie about pioneering space artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesleybonestell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chesley Bonestell<\/a>\u00a0will debut May 1st at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newportbeachfilmfest.com\/event\/chesley-bonestell-a-brush-with-the-future\/?_sf_s=bonestell\" target=\"_d\">Newport Beach Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15848\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"511,829\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Clyde Derrick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bonestell Movie Poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15848\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg 511w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The film is titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newportbeachfilmfest.com\/event\/chesley-bonestell-a-brush-with-the-future\/?_sf_s=bonestell\" target=\"_d\">Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Behind every architect and builder is an artist who takes designs and ideas, morphing them into beautiful images for everyone to understand. Chesley Bonestell was this artist, yet very few know his name. He worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building, as a matte artist on famous movies like Citizen Kane, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped jumpstart America\u2019s space program. His iconic \u201cSaturn As Seen From Titan\u201d, became known as \u201cthe painting that launched a thousand careers.\u201d Discover the power of the forgotten man whose art inspired Americans to conquer \u201cThe Final Frontier\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15849\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newportbeachfilmfest.com\/event\/chesley-bonestell-a-brush-with-the-future\/?_sf_s=bonestell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1552\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8220;Saturn As Seen From Titan&amp;#8221; by Chesley Bonestell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Saturn As Seen From Titan&amp;#8221; by Chesley Bonestell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331-1024x828.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15849\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331-1024x828.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ChesleyBonestellABrushWithTheFuture1814331.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Saturn As Seen From Titan&#8221; by Chesley Bonestell<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Note that back in 2013 the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiaahouston.org\/\" target=\"_d\">AIAA Houston Section<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiaahouston.org\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_d\">Horizons Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0posted hi-res reproductions of the famous and influential series of articles on spaceflight\u00a0by Wernher von Braun in Colliers Magazine in 1952-54, which included many illustrations by Bonestell. I wrote about this in these postings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=357\" target=\"_d\">Colliers Magazine space series reproduction \u2013 issue number 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=987\" target=\"_d\">Horizons Newsletter Jan\/Feb 2013 with 4th part of Colliers Magazine space series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3801\" target=\"_d\">Horizons reproduction of Colliers Magazine space series \u2013 issues 5 &amp; 6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0760346569&amp;asins=0760346569&amp;linkId=3c962e26428c629ffc110150140eccc3&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new documentary movie about pioneering space artist Chesley Bonestell\u00a0will debut May 1st at the\u00a0Newport Beach Film Festival. The film is titled\u00a0Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future: Behind every architect and builder is an artist who takes designs and ideas, morphing them into beautiful images for everyone to understand. Chesley Bonestell was this artist, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chesley Bonestell documentary to debut at Newport Beach Film Festival<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,20,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-space-arts","category-space-films-and-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-47B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21441,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441","url_meta":{"origin":15847,"position":0},"title":"Chesley Bonestell documentary now on the International Space Station","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The award-winning documentary Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future was recently transmitted to the ISS for viewing by the space station's crew: \"Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future\", is now onboard the International Space Station, available for viewing by the crew. - Space Hipsters\/Facebook. 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[] Find more resources about Bonestell in the HobbySpace Art section.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17976,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17976","url_meta":{"origin":15847,"position":3},"title":"Space arts roundup &#8211; Feb.23.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Some recent items involving art and dance inspired by space: ** The Artists Inspire Astronauts contest is sponsored by NASA: The goal of this challenge is to create an inspiring environment for astronauts before they head out on space missions. NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center is seeking submissions for original artwork\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DocumentaryPoster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":184,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=184","url_meta":{"origin":15847,"position":4},"title":"Space pioneer artists","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An essay tribute to Chesley Bonestell and other artists whose works have highlighted the publications and headquarters of the British Interplanetary Society in London: From the BIS Archives: Farscapes of the Imagination \u2013 the Pioneer Artists - BIS. 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