Chet baker s face, and the extraordinary ways in which bruce weber has photographed it, encapsulate the story of baker s life in a succession of ghostly, indelible images that are at once hauntingly beautiful and desperately sad. Rent lets get lost 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Watch lets get lost 1988 movie online for free in hd documentary about jazz great chet baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of west coast cool, and from his last years. Let s get lost, an oscarnominated documentary about jazz trumpeter chet baker.
It is not completely successful, but it has a lot going for it. Take me down take me all the way down tonight, soon ill be leaving break me down break me all the way down, before the night is over over let s get lost, let s get. The book unfolds in a series of five stories, each of which sees leila happening upon a teen dealing with a lifechanging situation. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. Lets get lost 1989 cast and crew whether in his golden youth or premature old age, legendary jazz trumpeter chet bakers musical virtuosity always shone through.
Let s get lost is a roadtrip story about leila, who has left louisiana for alaska in hopes of seeing the northern lights. Jonas elmer made this blackandwhite danish movie by taking the funds provided for a short film and escalating the project economically into a full feature, commercially successful in denmark. Mar 09, 2019 star trek v, no holds barred, dead poets society, lets get lost, renegades, 1989 march 9, 2019 march 9, 2019 firstmagnitude 1065 views 1 comment 1989, dead poets society, lets get lost, no holds barred, renegades, star trek v. Vimeo is an amazing video service for original creative work, but its also a company with real human employees. Since filming chet baker in let s get lost, bruce weber has searched in vain for someone with such magic. Lets get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by. I hadnt seen lets get lost since it first came out, in 1988, and what i remembered, mostly, was the downbeat glory of the movies textures.
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. Lets get lost 2000 bruce weber cast and crew allmovie. 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. The film is a improvisational sliceoflife comedy shot in black and white. The result is an unforgettable impressionistic portrait that rings true. Leila is a free spirited young woman on the ultimate road tripshe s headed from her home in louisiana to see the northern lights, which she has always wanted. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lets get lost near you. Since its release in 1989, lets get lost has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late chet baker. Notice agerestricted video based on community guidelines category. Liam payne lyric video song let s get lost alternate take remastered 2004. Watch lets get lost 1989 full movie free online streaming.
Let s get lost is a 1997 danish film written and directed by jonas elmer and produced by per holst. Find movie and film cast and crew information for lets get lost 2000 bruce weber on allmovie. Lets get lost 1989 stream and watch online moviefone. Let s get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written. Rent lets get lost 1988 starring chet baker and carol baker on dvd and bluray. Mar, 2008 let s get lost is an atmospheric blackandwhite portrait of a jazz trumpet player, an exemplar of west coast cool jazz in the age when rapidfire bebop was hot, whose life, career and face were ruined by his various addictions. Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, lets get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a jazz legend.
Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, lets get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a. 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. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. As was the case during many of baker s final sessions, the artist performs with a makeshift combo of relative unknowns. 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. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker.
The director remembers a musician who wanted to be as free as a bird. This disc includes music used in let s get lost 1989, the bruce weber directed biopic centering on the tragic life and times of the west coast cool jazz icon chet baker trumpetvocal. Released april 21st, 1989, lets get lost stars chet baker, carol baker, ruth young, diane vavra the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of 85 out of 100 on. Let s get lost is sweet, quirky, and more than slightly implausible in places, but it s one of those books where the characters act like and say things you wish people would in real life. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Star trek v, no holds barred, dead poets society, lets get. Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, let s get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a. 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. Lets get lost 1998 a woman sidse babett knudsen deals with her neglectful boyfriend, an unemployed roommate bjarne henriksen and his two shady friends. 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.
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. The film earned the 1998 bodil award for best danish film and shared the robert award for best danish film with barbara. Rent let s get lost 1988 starring chet baker and carol baker on dvd and bluray. Touch me im cold, unable to control touch me im golden and wild as the wind blows and tumbling tumbling, dont go fascination if just for. Features live performances by monk and his band, and interviews with friends. It seems to be about real people who live and talk just like in real life. Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, the filmmaker bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great.
Chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost. I hadnt seen lets get lost since it first came out, in 1988, and what i remembered, mostly, was the downbeat glory of the movie s textures. That s not an unfamiliar story among musicians of any stripe. The films true poignancy lies in the contemporary footage of baker, as he plays, sings, and almost sleepwalks through life. Lets get lost 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watch let s get lost 1988 movie online for free in hd documentary about jazz great chet baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of west coast cool, and from his last years. The dialogue in many scenes was improvised which gives the movie an everyday feel. At the very end of bruce webers seductive, unsettling lets get lost, the movies subject, the semilegendary cooljazz trumpeter and singer. Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. This is a really terrific film made by another artist, bruce weber, who knew exactly what he was. Watch lets get lost 1988 full hd movie online for free.