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Let's Get Lost [VHS]

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This moody, almost sullen look at the life and music of Chet Baker is one of the most striking documentaries I've ever seen. Director Bruce Weber's background in still photography translates well to the cool yet lucid look of this grainy black and white film. I really had little interest in Chet Baker before seeing LET'S GET LOST, but became a huge fan after seeing it. I went out to one of my favorite music stores and purchased literally every title of his work I could find. Baker had a very smooth (but not sentimental) and uniquely luminous west coast sound that no one has since duplicated. This film puts his music and his somewhat tragic life in a historical and artistic context that's both fascinating and heartbreaking. I saw it only once in 1988, when it was released on a very limited basis in art houses around the country. But I never forgot it. Surely some insightful soul out there in the world of DVD distribution realizes the importance of releasing this title? It deserves to be seen and preserved on DVD, the only home entertainment format that will do it justice. One can only hope....

I decree that the distribution of all music documentaries shall cease until this is realeased on DVD.

This film is breathtakingly beautiful, haunting, and even funny. A must see for any artist, no matter which medium you dabble in. I second, thind, fouth, and onward the popular opinion here that this film MUST find DVD distribution. The crispness in the overall texture and the subtle painting of shadows in the lighting of the cinematography would be SO much greater in DVD format. Not to mention, I simply cannot imagine the possible deleted scenes that would be available. However, until such time, buy the VHS, because until those sales rise, we won't have a DVD. And missing this nearly flawless insight into the brilliance and isolation of an artist would be a shame for any film lover.

I first saw this film at a small arts theater in Newburyport, Ma. in 1988. I was so taken by it that I returned the next three evenings to watch it again and again; it is that good. As soon as the film was released on VHS I purchased it, and it remains one of the treasures in my musical film library. Please, oh please, someone get this film transferred to DVD!

A year after Chet Baker's tragic death, I remember watching, spellbound, Let's Get Lost, a video format documentary of Chet's life from a handsome, care-free young man in California playing lyrically on his horn to a gaunt-faced middle-aged man obviously ravaged by drugs but still performing with extra-ordianry brilliance only a few months away from his death. One of the most touching moments in the that documentary was a scene where his mother, wife and three kids gather in front of a record player listening to his recording of Blame It On My Youth. I am waiting for the release of a DVD format of this documentary which, sadly, is hard to find even in video format.

I saw this wonderful film in an art house theater in Austin, Texas over ten years ago and have never forgotten it. Chet Baker is unique and enchanting even when seen in his self-destructive ruin. Why the hell is this not on DVD?

What a great VHS.
This is the one to own if you are a Chet Baker Fan. It iis difficult to come by, so if you ever get the opportunity to own it Jump at the chance.
Goes though the entire life of Chet Baker and interviews Chet, his wives, lovers, children and friends.
A real treat for any Jazz fan.

Silly that this documentary has not been put out on DVD. I have a VHS copy of this that I found at a thrift store. It is an amazing one, both content-wise and compositionally. Hurry up and release this on DVD... Thanks...

Let's Get Lost is one of the most haunting, visually evocative films ever made. It transcends genres. It is simply criminal that there is not a crystal clear, remastered dolby 5.1 surround version of this remarkable film on DVD! I would buy it for myself and send it as a gift to all my jazz and/or photographer friends!

I got a VHS tape of "Chet Baker - Let's Get Lost" in Japan. Is just to hard to find elsewhere!! This is one of the most interesting and well done work about Chet's life. I WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A DVD OF THIS DOCUMENTARY