British Dir R Budreau's BORN to be BLUE-A Biopic Chet Baker Film Starring Ethan Hawke

British dir/screenwriter of "Born to be Blue," Robert Budreau made a previous biopic film on Baker "The Deaths of Chet Baker" ('09.)  The title "Born to be Blue" was a major record for Baker (b. Amer 1929-88.)  The double entrendre title refers to his penchant for self-destruction.  "Love fear.  Hello death. Fuck you."  Baker says in the film before shooting heroin.  Highly regarded for his influence on west coast swing, Baker was a successful performer/recording star for his vocals & trumpet playing.  The film shows Baker playing in NYC under the watchful eyes of Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillispie.  Gillispie was partly responsible for getting Baker an opportunity to redeem his career by getting him a gig at Birdland.  The movie begins with Baker in a jail cell in Italy convicted on drug charges.  He's released early to a Hollywood exec. who brings Baker back to film a story about his life.  The film within the film is never completed stemming from problems with his drug addiction.  Ethan Hawke plays Baker with convincing charm and repugnance.  Carmen Ejogo (Selma) is illuminated as Baker's love interest although it's unclear why she is besotted. The scene in which Baker is brutally beaten by drug thugs is cringeworthy.  The actual beating knocked out Baker's teeth destroying his embouchure   rendering him unable to blow suffficiently into his horn.  The movie is told mostly in linear fashion.  The glossy cinematography is shot in both black/white & color.  While trying to be an art house film about a down & out jazz artist who can't/won't kick his addiction, it comes off too slick, too scripted, to register much sympathy or credibility.  (Gatsby's green flashing light in his dressing room landed flat.)  Out now is MILES AHEAD which tuned into Miles Davis 5 years in the '70's in a drug infused stupor.  "I can't play without it {heroin.} says Baker before his "career determining" set at Birdland in the '70's.   Having seen both films MILES AHEAD comes out in front but neither is a major hit.