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Let's Get Lost

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Whether in his golden youth or premature old age, legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's musical virtuosity always shone through. In this frank and revealing documentary made a year before his death, interviews, recording sessions, archive footage and home movies are used by director Bruce Weber to show a man ravaged by his long involvement with drugs.
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Dave Calhoun Time Out 06/05/2008
5/6
Slowly, surely this composite portrait of Chet then and now (or in 1987, when Weber shot the film) reveals its own depths. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine 06/05/2008
4/5
This is simply the finest jazz documentary ever made. Go to Full Review Jim Emerson Chicago Sun-Times 03/14/2008
3/4
Let's Get Lost is an atmospheric black-and-white portrait of a jazz trumpet player, an exemplar of West Coast 'cool jazz' in the age when rapid-fire bebop was hot, whose life, career and face were ruined by his various addictions. Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Gay City News 11/06/2024
“Let’s Get Lost” still feels fresh because it avoids the clichés of music documentaries and biopics. Go to Full Review Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog 08/10/2024
3.5/4
Once a fashion photographer, always a fashion photographer. Or at least, that's the world to which Bruce Weber has returned. Then again, maybe he only had one great film in him. In which case, I'm glad he made it, because Let's Get Lost is a great film. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 08/01/2024
What I really love about it is that it manages to be somehow both hagiographic about Baker the musician while at the same time being a brutally honest portrait of a man who, for most of his life, was truly awful to those who loved him. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/06/2021 Bruce showed Chet in as close to a realistic stance as possible. Warts and all. Brilliantly edited. He was a genus musically The drugs took their toll eventually as they always do. See more 10/04/2015 I love the juxtaposition of Baker's sweet laid back sound and the sad, out-of-control life he lead. The film is beautiful to look at but it is paced too slowly. See more 03/12/2015 I bought this movie about a week ago and got it in the mail today. Watched it at 10 AM and just finished with it, it's 12:03 PM now. This movie was really great, sad too. A touching story. I would really recommend this. See more 12/06/2013 Dated and far-too concerned with style. See more 07/25/2013 Highly intimate account of jazz musician Chet Baker. See more 05/21/2013 I had missed it, and this film is the best documentary I have seen about a musician. Mesmerizing from the beginning to the end. Fall into the abyss of a broken man whose talent is limitless. See more Read all reviews
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Bruce Weber

Director

Chet Baker

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Carol Baker

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Ruth Young

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Diane Vavra

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Dick Bock

Self

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Movie Info

Synopsis Whether in his golden youth or premature old age, legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's musical virtuosity always shone through. In this frank and revealing documentary made a year before his death, interviews, recording sessions, archive footage and home movies are used by director Bruce Weber to show a man ravaged by his long involvement with drugs.
Director
Bruce Weber
Producer
Bruce Weber
Production Co
Little Bear Productions, Nan Bush
Genre
Documentary, Music, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 21, 1989, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 2024
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 3, 2013
Runtime
1h 59m
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