Chet baker - Let\'s Get Lost - by Bruce weber

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.

A group of Baker fans, ranging from ex-associates to ex-wives and children, talk about the man. WeberΓ??s film traces the manΓ??s career from the 1950s, when he was in his prime, playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan, to the 1980s, when he had become a skid row junkie unable to get a decent gig. By juxtaposing these two decades, Weber presents a sharp contrast between the younger, handsome Baker Γ?? the statuesque idol who resembled a mix of James Dean and Jack Kerouac Γ?? to what he became, Γ??a seamy looking drugstore cowboy-cum-derelict,Γ?? as J. Hoberman put it in his Village Voice review.[1]

LetΓ??s Get Lost begins near the end of BakerΓ??s life, on the beaches of Santa Monica, and ends at the Cannes Film Festival. Weber uses these moments in the present as bookends to the historic footage contained in the bulk of the film. The documentation ranges from vintage photographs by William Claxton in 1953 to appearances on The Steve Allen Show and kitschy, low budget Italian films Baker did for quick money.