Let's Get Lost

Let's Get Lost is a documentary portrait of the American jazz trumpeter and singer Chet Baker, assembled by the photographer Bruce Weber. It moves between two periods of its subject's life: the 1950s, when Baker was a leading figure of West Coast cool jazz and his looks drew comparisons to James Dean, and the later years, when years of heroin addiction and repeated run-ins with police and prisons in California and Italy had left him visibly worn. Family members, former partners and fellow musicians appear on screen, alongside archival concert material and film clips.

The film was released in September 1988 and runs 120 minutes. It is the first feature Weber directed, followed much later by Chop Suey and The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo; he also produced. Baker appears as himself, together with Carol, Vera, Paul, Dean and Missy Baker among a credited cast of 55.

On IMDb it holds 7.7/10 from around 2,600 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.1/10 from a much smaller 53 votes, so the larger sample is the more flattering of the two. The result is a portrait of a musician whose playing and singing are presented alongside the personal cost of his addiction.