Intense fandom doesnt often make for objectivity, and the tragicartistgonetoseed narrative is so, so tired. Lets get lost, an oscarnominated documentary about jazz trumpeter chet baker. Bruce webers documentary on jazz artist chet baker was nominated for an academy award. But the most resonant thing about chets music is the sincerity, the sense that there is a tortured soul singing and playing. An academy awardnominated 1988 documentary about baker, let s get lost, portrays him as a cultural icon of the 1950s, but juxtaposes this with his later image. Lets get lost could have so easily been done badly. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from bakers earlier life and some modernday performances. Lets get lost lost in each others arms lets get lost let them send out alarms and though theyll think us rather rude lets tell the world were in that crazy. Chet baker, 58, is recording jimmy van heusen and johnny burkes imagination.
Solar music rights management, emi music publishing, bmi broadcast music inc. The film uses excerpts from italian b movies, rare performance footage and candid interviews with baker, musicians, friends, battling exwives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. Watch lets get lost 1989 full movie free online streaming. Internationally renowned photographerfilmmaker bruce weber created a stunning feature with lets get lost, his academy award nominated film about the late jazz great chet baker. Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, the filmmaker bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. His voice isnt quite as soft and papery as it used to be, but the image like every shot of baker in bruce weber s let s get lost is about the face, not so much the music. Lets get lost nr by hal hinson washington post staff writer june 02, 1989 in lets get lost, bruce webers enigmatic, hypnotic film portrait of chet baker, the director returns. Vimeo is an amazing video service for original creative work, but its also a company with real human employees. You could turn off the sound and just watch the images. The film uses excerpts from italian b movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews with baker, musicians, friends, battling exwives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. It s tough about the ugly facts of chet baker s life as a liar, user, and junkie.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing chet baker. Let s get lost could have so easily been done badly. Chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker, dean baker, missy baker, dick bock, william claxton, hersh hamel, chris isaak, lisa marie. Buy lets get lost movie posters from movie poster shop. Watching let s get lost, shot in a liquid blackandwhite, we are lost in a monotonal, gorgeously shot reverie about chet baker, the jazz trumpeter whose alabastersmooth, pretty face and. Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. At the very end of bruce webers seductive, unsettling lets get lost, the movie s subject, the semilegendary cooljazz trumpeter and singer chet baker, looks back on the shooting of. The miraculous thing about let s get lost is that weber has managed to create something that s both impossibly stylized and unmistakably moral not judgmental, moral. Bruce webers film attempts to put the pieces of this shattered soul back together and paint a portrait of one of jazzs quintessential legends. Chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost by chet baker 19890823. One has to remember that when the movie came out, chet baker had literally become a ghost, floating from cheap hotel to small.
Chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost. Theres a moment in lets get lost, bruce webers shimmeringly decadent and fascinating portrait of the west coast jazz legend chet baker its being given a limited national rerelease. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Jun 03, 2007 the jazz musician chet baker, who wanders through the documentary lets get lost with the eerie deliberateness of a somnambulist, appears to be a man who knows a thing or two about dreams. Lets get lost has become an important document in the career of. The miraculous thing about lets get lost is that weber has managed to create something thats both impossibly stylized and unmistakably moral not judgmental, moral. Weber found the perfect subject in baker, a remarkably photogenic figure. Music let s get lost song, a classic jazz song by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, recorded by chet baker and others.
Let s get lost lost in each other s arms let s get lost let them send out alarms and though theyll think us rather rude let s tell the world were in that crazy. He became famous with the gerry mulligan quartet in 1952. Webers gift for gorgeous black and white photography made him famous. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. His voice isnt quite as soft and papery as it used to be, but the image like every shot of baker in bruce webers lets get lost is about the face, not so much the music. The movie lets get lost has been resurrected and remastered for the blu. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. Let s get lost 1988 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. His solo in my funny valentine is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. Absorbing documentary of chet baker, the prominent 50s cool jazz trumpeter and occasional vocalist who succumbed, like many of his peers, to drug addiction. In other words, for those unsuspecting, this is music that is simply a ripoff. Jun, 2007 theres a moment in lets get lost, bruce webers shimmeringly decadent and fascinating portrait of the west coast jazz legend chet baker its being given a limited national rerelease.
Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, brani, consigli, e molto altro su chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost in discogs. The title is derived from the song let s get lost by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, which baker recorded for pacific records. Let s get lost, bruce weber s haunting documentary about legendary jazz musician chet baker, first came out in 1989 and hasnt been easy to catch since. One has to remember that when the movie came out, chet baker had literally become a ghost, floating from cheap hotel to small concert in europe or wherever some agent could find a date for him. Watch the video for let s get lost from chet baker s the best of chet baker sings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Let s get lost has become an important document in the career of. Its tough about the ugly facts of chet bakers life as a liar, user, and junkie. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets. Lets get lost 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mar, 2008 chet baker, 58, is recording jimmy van heusen and johnny burke s imagination. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker. Lets get lost, bruce webers haunting documentary about legendary jazz musician chet baker, first came out in 1989 and hasnt been easy to catch since. Lets get lost 1988 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. Mar 24, 1989 surfaces are everything in let s get lost, but they are gorgeously stylish surfaces, redolent of both contemporary notions of glamour and of the late1950 s jazz mystique of which baker was a. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost chet baker. Let s get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, brani, consigli, e molto altro su chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film let s get lost in discogs.
When mulligan was arrested in 1953, chet led the group until 1955, when he went to europe. Watching lets get lost, shot in a liquid blackandwhite, we are lost in a monotonal, gorgeously shot reverie about chet baker, the jazz trumpeter whose alabastersmooth, pretty face and. Let s get lost 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Oct 02, 2011 travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Surfaces are everything in lets get lost, but they are gorgeously stylish surfaces, redolent of both contemporary notions of glamour and of. Chet baker sings and plays from the film let s get lost by chet baker 19890823. Let s get lost, an oscarnominated documentary about jazz trumpeter chet baker. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Lets get lost is a brilliant documentary film for several reasons. Lets get lost looks at the life of jazz trumpeter and singer chet baker. Baker was photographed by william claxton for his book young chet. Music lets get lost song, a classic jazz song by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, recorded by chet baker and others lets get lost, a song by beck and bat for lashes from the twilight saga. Watch the video for lets get lost from chet bakers the best of chet baker sings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.