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Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018)
A great film about an artist who influenced a generation of scientists, artists and film makers.
This is a well told and fascinating story about a truly unique man. I had never heard of Chesley Bonestell, but when I saw his art, I recognized it immediately from books and magazines I had seen as a child. His work remains as spellbinding today as it was then. His space art set the standard for nearly everyone who followed and actually inspired people to get involved with the U.S. Space Program. But he did so much more. Bonestell worked in Hollywood as a matte painter on such iconic films as Citizen Kane. He was involved with the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building in New York. But don't take it from me. Watch the film and see what writer Ray Bradbury, director Douglas Trumbull, sound designer/editor Ben Burtt, and many others say about this talented and influential artist.