{"id":23007,"date":"2020-10-21T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T23:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23007"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T23:53:02","slug":"chesley-bonestell-a-brush-with-the-future-film-now-available-at-amazon-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23007","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future&#8221; film now available at Amazon Prime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesleybonestell.com\/the-film.html\">Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future<\/a><\/em>, is now available for rent or purchase on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B08LG1L3RW\/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r\">Amazon Prime<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesleybonestell.com\/home.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=23008\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1148,928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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=\"Chesley Bonestell Movie Poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1-1024x828.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23008\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1-500x404.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1-500x404.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MoviePoster_1.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>What do the <strong>Golden Gate Bridge<\/strong>, the <strong>Chrysler Building<\/strong>, the film <strong>Citizen Kane<\/strong>, and <strong>America\u2019s Space Program<\/strong> all have in common? They were touched by the hand of a wry-humored and slightly cantankerous artist named <strong>Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986)<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>His paintings of the Golden Gate Bridge convinced doubting San Franciscans that the bridge could be built. His designs for the Chrysler Building made it an art-deco masterpiece. As a special effects matte painter, he created the legendary Xanadu Castle for Orson Welles\u2019 Citizen Kane.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tASO0YHxRE4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Even greater was Chesley\u2019s impact through his space art. First published in <strong>Life Magazine<\/strong> in 1944, his visions of planets and galaxies, made before the advent of powerful telescopes and satellites, sowed all the seeds necessary for one of the most revolutionary chapters of our country: the United States Space Program. His iconic <strong>\u201cSaturn As Seen From Titan\u201d<\/strong> became known as \u201cthe painting that launched a thousand careers.\u201d His space art\u00a0graced the covers of countless science fiction magazines of the 1940\u2019s and 50\u2019s. Teaming up with rocket experts Willy Ley and Wernher von Braun, he co-authored a long series of influential books beginning with the best-seller, <u>The Conquest of Space<\/u>.\u00a0 His evocative imagery fired the imaginations of a country looking to conquer the next frontier, and so the quest began!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21443\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/B08LG1L3RW\/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"704,901\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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=\"Mars Expedition -ColliersMag-April-1954\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21443\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1-391x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1-391x500.jpg 391w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Summoned by Hollywood producer George Pal, Chesley lent his talents to classics like <strong>Destination Moon<\/strong> and <strong>The War Of The Worlds<\/strong>. Television requested Chesley\u2019s help with the series <strong>Men Into Space<\/strong>. Even today, you can see his influence on filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick\u2019s <strong>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong> and many others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future<\/strong> compellingly reveals a nearly-forgotten artist whose mysterious, almost magical, ability to envision distant worlds inspired generations to reach for the stars. Often compared to a twentieth-century da Vinci, this first-ever film about Bonestell explores the life and works of an artist whose influence and timeless imagery are regarded by many as unparalleled. This\u00a0documentary was produced by award-winning filmmaker Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. and Co-Produced by\u00a0Ron Miller and Melvin Schuetz, authors of the Hugo Award-winning book, <strong><u>The Art of Chesley Bonestell<\/u><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See previous HS items about the film <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441\">here<\/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 wp-image-15848 size-full\" title=\"https:\/\/www.chesleybonestell.com\/the-film.html\" src=\"https:\/\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><strong><em> Amazon Ads <\/em><\/strong><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08LG1L3RW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B08LG1L3RW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=c30228fce127197633cddecdc4100040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chesley Bonestell:<br \/>\nA Brush With The Future<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B08LG1L3RW\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe 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=B08LG1L3RW&amp;asins=B08LG1L3RW&amp;linkId=60a67c3ae9a0ec697dd544744d80b0ed&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581128290\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1581128290&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=71ffcd4194ccfcabfb7e95c77c30f768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Chesley Bonestell<br \/>\nSpace Art Chronology<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1581128290\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe 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=1581128290&amp;asins=1581128290&amp;linkId=2a304186ab69fb1b44a6238f4739607b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future, is now available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime. What do the Golden Gate Bridge, the Chrysler Building, the film Citizen Kane, and America\u2019s Space Program all have in common? They were touched by the hand of a wry-humored and slightly cantankerous artist named Chesley &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23007\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future&#8221; film now available at Amazon Prime<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[6,20,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-arts","category-space-films-and-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5Z5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21441,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441","url_meta":{"origin":23007,"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. See the earlier posting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Arts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Arts","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1-391x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15847,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847","url_meta":{"origin":23007,"position":1},"title":"Chesley Bonestell documentary to debut at Newport Beach Film Festival","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1080,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1080","url_meta":{"origin":23007,"position":2},"title":"Chesley Bonestell &#8211; inventing space travel in art","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a nicely done biography of artist Chesley Bonestell, who created iconic images of space and of future explorers of space: The Artist Who Helped Invent Space Travel - io9.com. 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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":23007,"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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