“You want some advice, Baker? Go back home to the beach, man, come back when you’ve lived a little…” IFC Films has debuted a trailer for the indie film Born to Be Blue, which stars Ethan Hawke as jazz legend Chat Baker. The film premiered at TIFF but never got any real buzz – this is the first time I’ve even heard about it. It’s supposedly a creative blend of “fact with fiction” that “unfolds with all the stylistic brio and improvisatory genius of great jazz.” The cast includes Carmen Ejogo and Callum Keith Rennie. This really looks quite awful, even worse than musician film I Saw the Light, and that got abysmal reviews at TIFF as well. If you want to see a good film about a jazz legend, stick with Miles Ahead for now. Take look. ›››
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