Chet baker film bruce weber

A late career surge, aided by elvis costello and bruce webers 1989 documentary film lets get lost, put the illfated chet baker back on the musical map for new generations. 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. Returning from the cannes film festival and going through marseille on the skytrain, i think about how chet baker used to like marseille a lot but. Lets get lost chet baker movie by bruce weber youtube. Lets get lost, photographer bruce weber s relentlessly cool ode to squarejawed trumpet player chet baker, is either the perfect date film or the worst imaginable. Nov 19, 20 weber and crew follow baker on a yearlong trek, from the west coast, to the east coast, to europe including a stop at the cannes film festival interspersed with interviews with chet.

Mar 11, 2019 chet baker in a promo shot for bruce webers film lets get lost 1988 photo bruce weber chet baker stay safe and healthy. 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. Chet baker 19291988 once said, i dont know whether im a trumpet player who sings, or a singer who plays the trumpet. A reimagining of jazz legend chet baker s musical comeback in the late 60s. Bruce weber proves he is a master of both, as well as being a fine story teller. Chet baker sings and plays from the filmlets get losta film by bruce weber starring chet baker1988full.

Documentary film maker bruce weber is an artist entranced. Bruce weber returns for 25th anniversary screening of. Jan 14, 2019 lets get lost chet baker movie by bruce weber opening. Lets get lost chet baker movie by bruce weber opening. Weber and crew follow baker on a yearlong trek, from the west coast, to the east coast, to europe including a stop at the cannes film festival interspersed with interviews with chet. Chet had an incredibly individual style of trumpet, said weber, a longtime admirer of bakers music. The director remembers a musician who wanted to be as free as a bird. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Photographer and film director bruce weber dropped by the venice international film festival over the. So hard to know is a song written by roxanne seeman and rique pantoja for chet baker. After a generous amount of screen time devoted to baker s american career, from his days with charlie bird parker and gerry mulligan to the formation of his own combo, the film dwells upon baker s lengthy tenure in europe.

With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16 year old wrestler. Bruce weber lets lets get lost a film starring chet baker a. Bruce webers documentary on jazz artist chet baker was nominated for an academy award. Lets get lost is a penetrating oscarnominated documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter chet baker 19291988. Weber found the perfect subject in baker, a remarkably photogenic figure. Bruce weber on chet baker time out film time out london.

Chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost. Gaunt, weathered, and looking much older than he should, weber contrasts the current baker with vintage film clips showing a young, handsome and brilliantly. Lets get lost, photographer bruce webers relentlessly cool ode to squarejawed trumpet player chet baker, is either the perfect date film or the worst imaginable. Webers gift for gorgeous black and white photography made him famous. The title is derived from the song lets get lost by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, which baker recorded for pacific records.

Bruce weber spent six months on the road with chet baker in 1987 to catch a glimpse of the enigmatic and ultimately elusive musician. Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Bruce weber born march 29, 1946 is an american fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. Since filming chet baker in lets get lost, bruce weber has searched in vain for someone with such magic. Jun 03, 2007 at the very end of bruce webers seductive, unsettling lets get lost, the movies subject, the semilegendary cooljazz trumpeter and singer chet baker, looks back on the shooting of. In 1987, the photographer and filmmaker bruce weber, now 62, made an exceptional documentary on chet baker, the jazz trumpeter and singer who. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Bruce webers documentary on jazz artist chet baker was nominated for an.

Nov 22, 2009 final scene from lets get lost, directed by bruce weber, documentary about chet baker. A homage to bruce weber s favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. Lets get lost 198 is an american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. English version few important words, please read it carefully. Scarce weber title published as a companion to the film. For those who are not familiar with chet baker you are in for a treat, he was a beautiful and talented man, a man who could not shake his demons and long time addictions. In many ways, this film was a happy accident weber caught chet baker at a vulnerable time in his life, when the 57 yearold musician was in a melancholic, reflective state of mind. 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. Apr 27, 2007 celebrity fashion photographer bruce weber brought his oscarnominated documentary, lets get lost 1989, about jazz singer and trumpet great chet baker, to south by southwest film for a. You could turn off the sound and just watch the images. May 19, 2012 is it any wonder why bruce weber was drawn to chet baker as a documentary subject. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. Weber, a longtime fashion photographer, is in love with the image of beautiful young people.

The film, directed by fashion photographer bruce weber, was shot in blackandwhite and includes a series of interviews with friends, family including his three children by third wife carol baker, associates and women friends, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life, and with interviews with baker from his last years. Though i looked forward to seeing the film on chet baker, i did not expect much. Weber s gift for gorgeous black and white photography made him famous. Chet baker film lets get lost 1988 with images bruce. I knew of just two films that had embodied the true essence of. Bruce webers lets get lost international documentary association. With ethan hawke, carmen ejogo, callum keith rennie, tony nappo. Director bruce weber on filming chet baker music the. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker. A james dean lookalike pretty boy whose jazz trumpeting and melancholy crooning epitomized 50s cool, chet baker had become, when famed photographer bruce weber finally caught up with him after three decades of fandom, an alcoholic and a junkie, those petulantly angelic looks peeping out from behind a gaunt, valleyed and crevassed face that. With janmichael vincent, peter johnson, frances faye, herbie fletcher. And, we see the aged baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin.

But i feel really fortunate that i was to bump into people like chet baker and robert. Bruce weber s documentary on jazz artist chet baker was nominated for an academy award. We see the young baker, he of the beautiful face, in california and in italy, where he appeared in at least one movie and at least one jail cell for drug possession. A young chet baker could have been the prototype for lets get lost director bruce webers iconic ads. For his 63 september 1988 ziggy marley film bruce weber chet. Director bruce weber on filming chet baker music the guardian. 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. Audio cassette in plastic cassette box with paper insert. It appears in the oscarnominated documentary lets get lost, bruce weber s tribute to chet baker s life and music. Mis bijvoorbeeld nooit meer een film van stanley kubrick of meryl streep. Chet baker chet baker sings and plays from the film lets. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. May 30, 2008 since filming chet baker in lets get lost, bruce weber has searched in vain for someone with such magic.