Chet Baker

A few years ago, Preiss had the rare chance to salvage a selection of 8mm reels from his archive; 30 years after it was first shot, this lovingly refashioned material returns as both a luminescent ode to the friends, filmmakers, and artists with whom Preiss lived and worked during that time, and a considered meditation on the evolution of diaristic filmmaking. (-MoMA)

Bruce Weber's making-of documentary for his portrait of Chet Baker, LET'S GET LOST.

Chet Baker features two concerts by the foremost interpreter of the West Coast school of cool jazz. Filmed in Europe 15 years apart, these two shows seen together provide an overview of Baker’s illustrious career. The first show is a haunting 1964 performance in a Belgian TV studio with a quartet including long-time sidemen saxophonist Jacques Pelzer and French pianist Rene Urtreger. Songs include the Miles Davis classic, “So What,” and the jazz standard “Time After Time” (a very rare rendition featuring Chet’s “Cool” vocal style.) The soulful1979 set from Norway, with a trio featuring vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid, highlights the growth and maturity of this troubled but inspiring artist.

Documental sobre la vida del trompetista y cantante estadounidense de jazz Chet Baker dirigido por el famoso fotógrafo Bruce Weber. Chet Baker fue una de las figuras más destacadas del mundo de la música del siglo XX. "Let´s get lost" surge de la enorme fascinación de Weber por este genio del jazz. Inicialmente la idea era hacer una serie de fotos del músico, pero tras la relación surgida entre ambos, el director terminó haciendo una película de más de dos horas de duración sobre la figura de Baker, el jazz y dos de sus grandes pasiones: los coches y las mujeres. En 1989, la película fue nominada al Oscar al Mejor Documental, y se alzó con el Premio de la Crítica en el Festival de Venecia poco después del aparente suicidio del protagonista en un hotel en Amsterdam. (FILMAFFINITY)

The story of a light ray falling from a music note. It's also a tribute to a musician... It's the music of a legend, the portrait of a romance. Not long before his death, on November 25, 1987 Chet Baker plays "I'm a fool to want you" for the camera of a parisian studio.

This performance by legendary jazz horn player Chet Baker was recorded in Tokyo, Japan on June 14, 1987, and features such classics as "Stella by Starlight," "My Funny Valentine," and "I'm a Fool to Want You." Accompanying Baker in the performance are Harold Danko on piano, Hein van de Gein on bass, and John Engels on drums.

This documentary includes performances of legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker joined by Michel Graillier and Red Mitchell on piano and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse on bass. Also, an interview with Baker is included.

This long unavailable performance in Sweden by Chet Baker in his late period presents the trumpeter in a very relaxed mood, playing at a television studio and pakced only by piano and bass (no drums!). Chet performs most of the tunes comfortably seated on a sofa, as if he were in his own living room. The program displays a combination of some of his most famous tunes and a couple of lovely standards, such as Bud Powell's "Tempus Fugit" (which Baker had only previously recorded twice before) and his friend Bob Zleff's "Sad Walk". For the last part of the performace, renowned bassist Red Mitchell comes onto the set for a short but insightful interview with Chet Baker. Later, both play a sweet duet version of "My Romance" with Mitchell returing to the first instrument he learned to play: the piano. Recorded at the Sonet Library, Stockholm, Sweden, June 30, 1985.

Alex, a former mercenary out of business, lives on a yacht anchored off Antibes with his wife, the beautiful and tight Helen and John, a former lover of it. Around this trio, revolves Heidi, an angelic blonde catalyst tragic events that will succeed when his troubled past catches up Alex.

A collection of varieties numbers from various night clubs.

A French crime potboiler starring Verner and Kalfon as rival gang leaders who clash over control of the narcotics trade. Parisian drug gangs are battling over turf, leading to kidnappings, beatings, murders, betrayals, and other intrigues. Featuring Chet Baker's marvelous free-jazz Score, (rivaling Miles Davis's for "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud") and the most beautiful French Babes the World has ever seen. It pricks the Conscience, probes the libido, and excites the senses!

Las aventuras de un grupo de amigos apasionados de la música, cuyo entusiasmo vital y costumbres desenfadadas inspiran a unos, y provocan la ira de una serie de funcionarios corruptos que quieren acabar con ellos.

Documental que pretende mostrar un recorrido por la trayectoria vital de James Dean desde sus propios orígenes en Farimont, su adolescencia rural y su consabida rebeldía. La película cuenta con el testimonio directo de algunos de sus familiares, amigos y compañeros.

The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.

A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him.