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Born To Be Blue (DVD)
Ethan Hawke, Carmen EjogoIn the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool. By the 1960s, he was all but washed up, his career and personal life in shambles due to years of heroin addiction. In this innovative anti-biopic, director Robert Budreau zeroes in on Baker's life at a key moment in the 1960s, just as the musician attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback, spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame.
Creatively blending fact with fiction and driven by Hawke's virtuoso performance, Born To Be Blue unfolds with all the stylistic brio and improvisatory genius of great jazz.
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In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool. By the 1960s, he was all but washed up, his career and personal life in shambles due to years of heroin addiction. In this innovative anti-biopic, director Robert Budreau zeroes in on Baker's life at a key moment in the 1960s, just as the musician attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback, spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame.
Creatively blending fact with fiction and driven by Hawke's virtuoso performance, Born To Be Blue unfolds with all the stylistic brio and improvisatory genius of great jazz.
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"Worthwhile if you know good jazz, but ..." by Michael S. -
Chet Baker has been a favourite of mine for many years : one of the greatest jazz trumpeters and jazz singers ever, but his life and work ruined by persistent drug addiction and related problems. This film is well worth watching, and Ethan Hawke is excellent ; but there are problems. Unlike Baker's brilliant sense of rhythm, the movie is often turgid and too slowly paced. A major error is that all the women in the life of this womanizer are elided into a single character, which gives a false sense of stability in his relationships, and creates, falsely, a single strong, supportive muse who never existed. I hope the film will encourage more people to buy Chet Baker CDs and watch clips on YouTube.
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Studio | Universal Home Entertainment |
Release date | November 2016 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
Actors | Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo |
Dimensions | 192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format |  |
Running time | 1 hour, 37 minutes |
Region encoding |  Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players. |
Age restriction | 16 LD |
Categories | |
LSN | XQ6-TBA-NFH-7 |
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