Leonard Cohen
Biography: Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.[2] Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector, which was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound. In 1979 Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences. "Hallelujah" was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992 Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest. Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. After a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2010, Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 21, 1934
Deathday: November 07, 2016
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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022-07-01
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Overview: This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-01
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Palace of Pleasure
1967-01-01
Palace of Pleasure
Overview: John Hofsess’s The Palace of Pleasure emerged from the psychedelic haze of 1960s postmodern art. It was a blistering work that combined arresting abstract imagery with the wounded expressions of a young couple, edited into a collage of mass culture imagery and album and book jackets, all of it framed as a therapeutic treatment. Addressed to a generation coming up in an era of protest and social change, where many found themselves increasingly burdened with hopelessness, paranoia, and neurosis, The Palace of Pleasure was offered as a cleansing ritual, a post-Freudian expelling of dammed-up energies that anticipated The Primal Scream. In this video, Stephen Broomer discusses Hofsess’s therapeutic ambitions, how the film was composed of Hofsess’s earlier films, and the sensual spell of the work, the way in which it commands us to enter into a universal fellowship of touch that circulates, from us to us, through us, to strain the boundaries between the self and the other.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Omega
2016-11-18
Omega
Overview: Documentary about the revolutionary flamenco-rock album "Omega", composed by maestro Enrique Morente and the Granada group Lagartija Nick in 1996. A groundbreaking album with great impact on the national and international music scene in which Morente adapted songs by the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and he put music to poems by Federico García-Lorca.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
2009-08-09
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Overview: Forty summers ago on a windswept island just off England's southern coastline, a young Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist named Leonard Cohen delivered the performance of a lifetime.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-09
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Creative Person: Leonard Cohen
1967-03-26
Creative Person: Leonard Cohen
Overview: Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's childhood and his subsequent development as one of Canada's leading new writers. The film takes viewers to the house Cohen was brought up in as well as to the places of Montreal he enjoys frequenting—his favorite bistro, a three dollar-a-day hotel, the public park, the exclusive section called Westmount, and a Greek grocery store. Cohen himself is shown at a recording session, at public readings of his poetry, displaying home movies of his childhood, and commenting on university life. He also reflects on his visit to Cuba, his girlfriend in Greece, his obsession with danger and his friends and their personalities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-26
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Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996-02-15
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Overview: In August 1970, 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and corruption that would plague the music industry for years to come. They also witnessed the final, drugged out performance of Jimi Hendrix in England just two weeks before he would meet a tragic death. When it all was over, the fans view of rock and roll was never the same.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-15
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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2006-11-24
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Overview: Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarvis Cocker, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, ANOHNI, The Handsome Family and U2's Bono and The Edge.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-24
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
1966-02-16
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Overview: A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-16
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Canadian Hits at the BBC
2021-07-21
Canadian Hits at the BBC
Overview: It’s time to Canuck n’ Roll as we celebrate Canada Day with a trip through the best of the BBC’s music archives, exploring some of that great nation’s finest music stars.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-21
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The Ernie Game
1968-11-14
The Ernie Game
Overview: This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-14
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Night Flight: Born Again
2016-04-10
Night Flight: Born Again
Overview: Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most consistently weird and awesome thing on cable television in the ’80s.” This ‘Best Of’ episode features some of the most memorable moments of Night Flight's near-decade long run including restored interviews and segments from Kate Bush, New Wave Theatre, David Lynch, Prince, Wendy O Williams, Divine, Billy Idol, Johnny Rotten, and much more Night Flight treasures from the archive.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-10
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
1994-06-04
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life
Overview: Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this two-part series explores ancient teachings on death and dying and boldly visualises the afterlife according to Tibetan philosophy. Tibetan Buddhists believe that after a person dies, they enter a state of "bardo" for 49 days until a rebirth. Program 1, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life documents the history of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, tracing the book's acceptance and use in Europe and North America. Program 2, The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation observes an old Buddhist lama and a 13-year-old novice monk as they guide a deceased person into the afterlife.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
1994-06-04
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation
Overview: The Tibetan Book of the Dead remains an essential teaching in the Buddhist cultures of the Himalayas.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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Angel
1966-01-01
Angel
Overview: In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Leonard Cohen - Live in Dublin
2014-11-28
Leonard Cohen - Live in Dublin
Overview: Leonard Cohen: -Live in Dublin is an extraordinary full-length concert recording and film. Lensed and recorded at Dublin's O2 Arena on September 12, 2013, Leonard Cohen - Live in Dublin documents a peak performance from the musician's monumental sold out 2012-2013 world tour, introducing Cohen's then-latest release (2012's Old Ideas) within a major canonical on-stage retrospective.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-28
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Leonard Cohen: First We Take Austin
2006-01-01
Leonard Cohen: First We Take Austin
Overview: AUSTIN CITY LIMITS University of Texas Campus, 31st October 1988 First We Take Manhattan Tower Of Song Everybody Knows Ain't No Cure For Love The Partisan Joan Of Arc Jazz Police It It Be Your Will Take This Waltz Leonard Cohen Live Rock P Special Color TV Broadcast 1979 So Long Marianne The Window Famous Blue Raincoat Passing Through Memories The Guests Suzanne
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Beautiful Losers
1997-07-29
Beautiful Losers
Overview: Willy DeVille live in concert.
Genres: TV Movie Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-29
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The Song of Leonard Cohen
1980-01-01
The Song of Leonard Cohen
Overview: Harry Rasky, a noted Canadian filmmaker, produced, wrote and directed this fantastic documentary. Filmed in 1979 and 1980, it was first shown on CBC in 1980. It is a warm, affectionate, and revealing 90-minute tribute that focuses on the 1979 tour, the “New Skin” and “Recent Songs” albums and “Death of a Lady’s (and Ladies) Man” book and album. In a highly entertaining fashion, it intercuts live music segments with Cohen comments on life and sometimes on his poems and songs. As with other Cohen items, this film seems more entertaining, and filled with more profundity, viewing after viewing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1978-2006
2006-01-01
Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1978-2006
Overview: Drawing on rare performance film, insightful interviews, recording footage and more, this documentary explores an incredibly prolific time period in folk icon Leonard Cohen's remarkable career. Already an influential and successful artist by 1978, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer would not rest on his laurels; instead, he proceeded to create some of his best work with the six studio albums he recorded over the following 20-plus years.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Yesno
2010-01-01
Yesno
Overview: Based on a book of poetry by Dennis Lee, YESNO is a playful view of a planet on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Humphrey Bogart meets Werner Herzog in the heart of darkness. Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood voice Lee's poetry over flood of images that mix live action and animation, calligraphy and DNA.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Guitare au poing
1973-06-22
Guitare au poing
Overview: In reaction against a closed and oppressive world, a Pop festival is organized where young people in the communion of music, claim their identity, armed with their only guitar, music and good humor.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-06-22
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Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
2010-08-01
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Overview: Celebrated filmmaker Tony Palmer follows Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-01
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Leonard Cohen: Live in London
2008-07-17
Leonard Cohen: Live in London
Overview: 1. Dance Me To The End Of Love 2. The Future 3. Ain't No Cure For Love 4. Bird On The Wire 5. Everybody Knows 6. In My Secret Life 7. Who By Fire 8. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 9. Anthem 10. Tower Of Song 11. Suzanne 12. The Gypsy's Wife 13. Boogie Street 14. Hallelujah 15. Democracy 16. I'm Your Man 17. Recitation 18. Take This Waltz 19. So Long, Marianne 20. First We Take Manhattan 21. Sisters Of Mercy 22. If It Be Your Will 23. Closing Time 24. I Tried To Leave You 25. Whither Thou Goest On March 31, 2009, Leonard Cohen released Live In London, his first new recording since 2004’s Dear Heather. This collection available in DVD and 2 CD formats was recorded live on July 17, 2008 at London’s 02 Arena, one of Europe’s largest indoor venues.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-17
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Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen
1988-07-15
Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen
Overview: Portrait of Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen, recorded in 1988. Featuring interviews, archive film and live performances from London, Paris, Athens and New York.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-15
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Leonard Cohen: The Live Broadcast Sessions 1985-1993
2016-11-18
Leonard Cohen: The Live Broadcast Sessions 1985-1993
Overview: Live performances by the renowned Canadian singer-songwriter.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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Leonard Cohen: San Sebastián 1988
1988-05-20
Leonard Cohen: San Sebastián 1988
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-05-20
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Leonard Cohen: After the Gold Rush
2012-07-17
Leonard Cohen: After the Gold Rush
Overview: After the Goldrush focuses specifically on the period between 1978 and his dramatic live comeback in 2008. With a mixture of performance footage, rare and classic recordings, and exclusive interviews, together with contributions from some of his closet confidantes, plus critical analysis from a host of esteemed experts, the film aims to provide the most comprehensive overview available of the maverick troubadour whilst at the very top of his game.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-17
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Leonard Cohen: Spring 96
1997-01-01
Leonard Cohen: Spring 96
Overview: The film shows the daily life of the poet and singer Leonard Cohen at the Mount Baldy Zen Center. It also shows him at a recording studio, and interviews him in his office in Los Angeles.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Poen
1967-01-01
Poen
Overview: This short film features 4 readings of a prose poem from Leonard Cohen’s novel Beautiful Losers. Read by Cohen himself, the poem produces a distinct emotional effect every time it is read, following the poet’s rendition and accompanying visuals.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, From Montreal to the World
2016-04-08
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, From Montreal to the World
Overview: A rare collection of National Film Board of Canada movies focusing on poet, singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen, presented by Jane McGarrigle, one of the most emblematic figures of Montreal's cultural scene and with on-screen comments from friends, family and collaborators. This eclectic set includes an informal documentary about the young Cohen in 1965, as we see him reading poems, chatting with friends, and even taking a bath!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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I Am a Hotel
1985-04-20
I Am a Hotel
Overview: A short musical based on the imaginary events in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and the guests' (usually romantic) interactions with each other.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-20
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Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
2019-07-05
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Overview: A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen. The film follows their relationship from their early days in Greece, a time of "free love" and open marriage, to how their love evolved when Leonard became a successful musician.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road
2010-09-01
Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road
Overview: Excerpts of Leonard Cohen's live performances in an itinerary that spans almost the whole world. Not only is this documentary a tribute to Cohen's artistic streak as a man of the stage, but also a tribute to his constant popularity worldwide.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Al Purdy Was Here
2015-10-09
Al Purdy Was Here
Overview: The story of Canada's leading poet and the A-Frame cabin he built. Now Canada's leading musicians and artists come together to tell the tale of Al Purdy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes
2010-12-31
Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes
Overview: Although it can be difficult to detect the influences in the work of Leonard Cohen, he was informed by a far-reaching list of musicians, writers, poets and philosophies. In Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes, the scope and detail of his artistic inspirations are put under the microscope.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-31
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Symphony Of The Invisible
2020-11-17
Symphony Of The Invisible
Overview: "Symphony of the Invisible" is a reflection on creation and how through art, poetry and images you can break the limits that have been imposed on language and life itself.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-11-17
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Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to The End Of Love European Tour
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to The End Of Love European Tour
Overview: Leonard Cohen performance recorded in Madrid, Spain in 1988 as part of the European leg of a concert tour that took place in support of his I'm Your Man album released that same year.
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Original Language: en
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