Let's Get Lost

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Let's Get Lost

Released Apr 21, 1989

1h 59m

Documentary

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Music

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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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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 5/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Slowly, surely this composite portrait of Chet then and now (or in 1987, when Weber shot the film) reveals its own depths.

Rated: 5/6

Jun 5, 2008

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Steve Erickson

Gay City News

“Let’s Get Lost” still feels fresh because it avoids the clichés of music documentaries and biopics.

Nov 6, 2024

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

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.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 10, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

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.

Aug 1, 2024

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Dated and far-too concerned with style.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Highly intimate account of jazz musician Chet Baker.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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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, Biography, Music
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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