Just perfect...

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I remember seeing and loving this movie when it played at Film Forum in NYC back in the late 80's. It was recently re-released for a limited engagement so I took my wife to see it (again, at Film Forum). Almost twenty years later, it's just as beautiful and heartbreaking to watch. The brilliance of this movie is that you don't have to be jazz or Chet Baker fan to enjoy it -- my wife and I have a marginal interest in jazz and we loved it. It's a brilliant portrayal of how talent, youth and beauty are destroyed by excess, and you'll feel both awe and pity for the late Mr. Baker. DVD is supposed to come out at the end of the year -- rent it, you won't be sorry.

I first saw Let's get lost on a VHS tape about 12 years ago. I was immediately struck by the amazing story of artistic success mixed with tragic drug addiction that made up Chet Baker's life's story as well as the haunting images of the aging musician. I, like many others have been patiently awaiting a re-issue of this minor masterpiece on DVD. This past weekend (May 7, 2005) I found it at my favorite independent video store! I eagerly rented it in anticipation of how great it would look projected on my 90" screen by my high definition LCD projector. I was disappointed to discover that what I had rented was not a fresh, new, high quality transfer from an original film negative or print . but apparently a copy of a video tape, and not a particularly good one at that. Its softness, increased contrast and video artifacting was made all the more obvious by the high quality projection. The sound quality was mushy also, making conversations hard to follow. There were no revealing deleted scenes, because there were no special features at all. Pressing 'play' after dropping the disc into the DVD tray simply launched the movie and only the original film credits rolled at the end.I can't help thinking that Mr. Weber and/or whoever else owns the original material of Let's get lost and the rights to re-issue it should be concerned that the longer they wait to do what is needed, the more the reputation of the intellectual property is damaged by the presence of the inferior copy.

This film is a must see for any Baker fan and even any Jazz fan. Baker really did redefine the 1950's jazz scene with his combination of mesmerising trumpet playing and angel like vocals. His instantly recognisable style has brought joy to many jazz fans over the years and even now his legend lives on some 16 years after his death in the most mysterious of circumstances.This film tells a very candid story of Chet charting his terrible affliction with drugs as well as honing in on his god given talents. It is very highly recommended and is long overdue for a release on DVD as some fellow reviewers have alluded to. I will certainly be first in the queue to buy this must see title if and when it is re released.

See this film. Amazing to see how destructive genius can be. The film looks great, outstanding sound-track, great editing. I'm not really a jazz fan, but I loved watching and seeing this movie. It's going to be re-released this year.