Ladies And Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen - Donald Brittain (1965)

Jazzy portrait of the artist as a young poet, it's fascinating to see this glimpse of the pre-pop singer Cohen. Whether he's self-effacing, full of himself, or both is up for debate, and we can't gather much of why he's in the poetry biz besides for the purpose of meeting girls. (There's a wonderful CanCon moment where, on some stereotypical CBC panel discussion program, Pierre Burton grills him on this point, and Cohen refuses to play along). While it is a nice time capsule of Montreal in the early '60s, whether or not you enjoy this depends on how you feel about L.C., and about the possibility of poetry embiggining the human spirit. Myself, I'm a bit of a sucker for it. imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126376/

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cormaczoso (2012-09-21)

great upload ... i'm reading the new cohen bio and i'll love to see this early stuff ... and according to the bio, yeah, he got into poetry and music for the chicks ... hey, doesn't everyone??
thanks again :)