Out of the Past 2024 / Let's Get Lost / USA 1988
“Charlie Parker heard Chet Baker playing somewhere […] and the legend was that he called Miles Davis and Dizzie Gillespie and said: “ ’Hey, there’s a little white cat out here who’s giving you a lot of trouble’.” The renowned photographer adds that everyone has a story about Chet, cramming his own into a unique documentary which earned him an Oscar nomination 35 years ago. Bruce Weber and his crew tracked the legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist from one U.S. coast to another, and accompanied him to Europe on what would ultimately be his last tour. Here's a remarkable opportunity to view this restored copy, with its electrifying collage of studio shots, rare footage of past concerts, the young, chic Chet in Italian B movies going way back, and also authentic interviews with the ageing, fragile musician.
Karel Och
120 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Bruce Weber
/ Dir. of Photography Jeff Priess
/ Editor Angelo Corrao
/ Art Director Rïse Daniels, Sam Shahid, Donald Sterzin
/ Producer Bruce Weber
/ Production Little Bear Productions
/ Coproduction Zeitgeist Films
/ Sales HanWay Films
/ Contact Milosh Studio
Bruce Weber (1946, Greensburg, USA). Selected filmography: Let’s Get Lost (1988, doc.), A Letter to True (2004, doc.), Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast (2018, doc.), The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2022, doc).
HanWay Films
8 Basing Street, W11 1ET, London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 207 290 0750
E-mail: [email protected]
Milosh Studio
Kaprova 13, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420774447021
E-mail: [email protected]
Jeff Preiss
Director of Photography
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