"I saw the most outstanding mind of this generation destroyed by madness"
This is the first sentence in Alan Ginsberg's long poem-"Howl". It may not be more appropriate to use here. I wonder if chet baker is considered a Beat generation, at least it can be said to have some similarities.
For me personally, Chet Baker's music has a fascinating sense of charm, but it is different from some flattering and greasy popular jazz. The so-called Cool jazz may be named after this coldness. The music of chet baker opened the door to the jazz world for me, which can be regarded as my jazz enlightenment.
In fact, I don't know much about chet baker's life. I only know that he is addicted to drugs and has not died well. This kind of result is not uncommon in music circles. And because there are very few people who like jazz in China, there are not many stories about him on the Internet. When I learned that there was such a biographical film, I watched it with great curiosity.
The film set a tone from the prison scene, which made me a little surprised. I don’t know that Chet Baker, a well-known jazz musician, has also experienced such a bleak life, and the plot that followed made me even more embarrassed. As for the artist, if you say without hesitation, chet baker can be called a genius. I am in awe of such people, but at the same time, I can’t help but sigh. His story can’t help but make me think about a problem, just like Faust Delhi’s. Write, is it a good deal to trade the soul with the devil? Did drugs objectively promote Chet Baker's music? Some people say that artists have a tendency to self-destruct. It can be said that chet baker's life is a self-destructive art. God said, don’t judge others. This movie slowly unfolds Chet Baker’s dramatic life, seemingly understatement, but it also drags me into the thinking of life from time to time. Countless characters flashed before my eyes, Jimi Hendrix. , Van Gogh, Kurt Cobain, etc.
Chet’s pain seems to come from the heaviness of life. In fact, the unbearable lightness of life may be the source of the pain he faces. The period when he lost his trumpet performance ability was also his darkest life. His soul was light. Such as thin paper. The birth of a person may really have a mission, and for chet baker, it may be like his song, which is the name of the movie.
Born to be blue.
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