All my films come from finding someone I want to take a photograph of and then diving into an empty swimming pool. My first record was a copy of Chet Baker Sings and Plays. My jazz records went with me from home to boarding school, to film school in New York. When I moved to New York I used them as posters, they were so beautiful. That’s how I found out about the photographer Bill Caxton; he shot all those iconic pictures of Chet. Chet was beautiful, the James Dean of jazz.
Years later, in 1987, I saw that Chet was appearing in New York. I caught the show. It wasn’t good. The drums were too loud, Chet was in a bad mood. It