Leonard Cohen
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Explores the work of Canadian composer, singer, and poet in conjunction with the most important influences on him. With new interviews, rare footage, and performances. Includes contributions by Anthony DeCurtis, Ira Nadel, James Ishmael Ford, John Tytell, Judy Collins, Kigen, Leslie Stainton, Michael Lydon, Nigel Williamson, and Stephen Scobie.
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A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah." Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen's notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage, and extremely rare audio recordings and interviews.
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An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists, writers, and musicians. Never-before-seen footage shot...