Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, the filmmaker bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. It s tough about the ugly facts of chet baker s life as a liar, user, and junkie. The best of chet baker sings 1989 chet baker sings 1956 chet 1959 in new york original jazz classics remasters 2011 my funny valentine 1994. Watch lets get lost 1989 full movie free streaming online. Early on in let s get lost, bruce webers 1989 documentary about chet baker, the jazz trumpeter is asked if hed like a glass of wine. Sings and plays from the film lets get lost by chet baker. Let s get lost lost in each others arms let s get lost let them send out. Chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video. In let s get lost, bruce webers enigmatic, hypnotic film portrait of chet baker, the director returns periodically to an ecstatic, romantic image of the jazz musician wedged in the back seat of. This is chet, served as he was, from before,during and after his rise to fame. Let s get lost looks at the life of jazz trumpeter and singer chet baker.
Baker was photographed by william claxton for his book young chet. Not a pretty picture, parts of the movie are too prurient for my taste, vitriolic former. Intense fandom doesnt often make for objectivity, and the tragicartistgonetoseed narrative is so, so tired. Let s get lost lost in each others 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. Rent let s get lost 1988 starring chet baker and carol baker on dvd and bluray. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing chet baker. 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. Let s get lost similarly skips along on jimmy mchugh s jazzy and wistful tune. 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.
Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Lets get lost looks at the life of jazz trumpeter and singer chet baker. The miraculous thing about let s get lost is that weber has managed to create something thats both impossibly stylized and unmistakably moral not judgmental, moral. Webers gift for gorgeous black and white photography made him famous. Let s get lost has become an important document in the career of. 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. Rent lets get lost 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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, a song by beck and bat for lashes from the twilight saga. Let s get lost chet baker documentary by bruce weber 120 min there will never be another you a remembrance of chet baker by bruce weber see also. Absolutely the best film biography of chet baker youre ever going to see. 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. Internationally renowned photographerfilmmaker bruce weber created a stunning feature with let s get lost, his academy award nominated film about the late jazz great chet baker.
Chet baker lets get lost soundtrack lyrics from shame movie 2011 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 mood. 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. Let s get lost is an american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. Let s get lost, an oscarnominated documentary about jazz trumpeter chet baker.
Jun 03, 2007 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. Bruce webers film attempts to put the pieces of this shattered soul back together and paint a portrait of one of jazzs quintessential legends. Get all the lyrics to songs on chet baker sings and plays from the film let s get lost and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. In other words, for those unsuspecting, this is music that is simply a ripoff. Download chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost 1989 or any other file from music category.
Lets get lost captures the allure of chet baker the. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. Weber found the perfect subject in baker, a remarkably photogenic figure. Oct 02, 2011 travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Let s get lost 1988 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. Surfaces are everything in let s get lost, but they are gorgeously stylish surfaces, redolent of both contemporary notions of glamour and of the late1950s jazz mystique of which baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. 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. The best of chet baker sings, an album by chet baker on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
We have to be grateful to iconic fashion photographer bruce weber, for giving us this perfect film about the timeless jazz singer and trumpeter, chet baker. 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. The jazz musician chet baker, who wanders through the documentary lets get lost with the eerie deliberateness of a somnambulist. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Bruce webers 1988 film about junkie cooljazzer chet baker stands up fantastically well. Mar, 2008 chet baker, 58, is recording jimmy van heusen and johnny burke s imagination.
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. Buy let s get lost movie posters from movie poster shop. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film let. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost chet baker. Chet baker sings and plays from the film let s get lost chet baker vocal 1989. Chet baker vocals, trumpet, frank strazzeri piano, john leftwich bass, steve backer director, bruce weber executive producer, photography, nan bush executive producer, joseph s. The title is derived from a song by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky which baker recorded for pacific records. 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. You could turn off the sound and just watch the images. Chet baker sings and plays from the film let s get lost by chet baker 19890823. Bruce webers obscure documentary currently on two screens at new yorks film forum on chet baker is the best possible way for those who arent terribly. Let s get lost could have so easily been done badly.
Lets get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by. Those are two cozy little songs with giddy romantic lyrics that tickle like some of cole porter s champagnebubble couplets. Playing, singing jamming and drinking,sweet,sad and wonderful. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker. Lets 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. Chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker, dean baker, missy baker, dick bock, william claxton, hersh hamel, chris isaak, lisa marie. Bruce webers documentary on jazz artist chet baker was nominated for an academy award. 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 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. Let s defrost into a romantic mist let s get crossed off everybody else s listit would be fun to celebrate this night we found each other. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets. 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. 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. 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.