This is Bruce Weber's haunting documentary about legendary jazz musician Chet Baker, which first came out in 1989. Now newly reissued in 35mm, the film looks like a pristine time-capsule both of the mid-century of Baker's heyday and of the late 80s of his decline when it was shot. Cinematographer Jeff Preiss renders everything in a luminous, high-contrast black and white that seems to eliminate the distance between the decades. Told mostly through interviews with family members, wives, ex-wives and girlfriends, children and collaborators, people he inspired and people he betrayed, "Let's Get Lost" avoids the usual cliches of the biopic by resisting the urge to impose logic or extrapolate lessons from it.Runtime:120 min
Release Dates: 1989, 2008
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