Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018)
Directed by Douglass M. Stewart Jr.
96 min66 frames
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He painted the future. How did he know?
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What is Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future about?
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.
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Who made Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future?
- Douglass M. Stewart Jr.Director
What does the cinematography of Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future look like?
Across 66 sampled frames, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future builds its coverage from establishing shots (41% of the sample), with medium shots (27%) carrying much of the rest. The lighting keeps 64% of it in naturalistic light. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 76% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018) are #fbfbfb, #040404, #c7c7c7, #454643, #828282, #313130 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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