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Let's Get Lost

1988 · 120 min

A haunting, jazz-soaked meditation on beauty and ruin, drifting between past and present like a slow, sad song.

Overview
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. 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). And, we see the aged Baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin. Includes interviews with his children and ex-wife, women companions, and musicians.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • music
  • identity
  • aging
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
music, documentary
Directed by
Bruce Weber
Starring
Chet Baker, Carol Baker, Vera Baker, Paul Baker, Dean Baker, Missy Baker, Dick Bock, William Claxton
Cinematography
Jeff Preiss
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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