CHET BAKER: LET'S GET LOST
Dir. Bruce Weber, 1988.
United States, 120 min.
In English.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 - 7PM followed by a Q&A with cinematographer Jeff Preiss (THIS EVENT IS $10)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 - 10PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 - 10PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 24 - 5PM

Jazz legend Chet Baker gets the limelight in Bruce Weber’s documentary CHET BAKER: LET’S GET LOST, an ultra-stylish look back on the musician’s tragedies, triumphs, and moments of musical bliss. The silky somber tones for which Baker was famous is captured in stark black & white by cinematographer Jeff Preiss, images that all-at-once deliver frenetic moments of youth, jagged edges of drug-use and age, and sultry shadows of euphoric melancholy. This iconic documentary is one nomination the Academy got right, and for Documentary Now! completionists, it is the source material for 2019’s episode, “Long Gone.”

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THREE SIDES OF JEFF PREISS
Jeff Preiss is a filmmaker and cinematographer living in New York. His work has run the gamut from 8mm experimental cinema, television commercials, music videos, narrative filmmaking, documentary cinematography, and more!. This program shows us three distinct sides of the filmmaker through three of his major works. Together, these films give us a unique perspective on fatherhood, music, and living a life as an artist. Preiss and guests will be appearing for Q&As over the course of the month. The series concludes with “An Evening With Jeff Preiss,” where the filmmaker will show a selection of rare and under-seen short films.