Underplayed Gems

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965)

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen poster
Original title
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Directed by
Donald Brittain, Don Owen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
44 min
Rated
G
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This 1965 documentary follows poet and novelist Leonard Cohen before he became a singer. It shows his public readings and private moments in Montreal.

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What happens

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen is a 1965 National Film Board of Canada documentary about Leonard Cohen, co-directed by Don Owen and Donald Brittain, written by Brittain and produced by John Kemeny. The documentary captures Cohen's career as a noted poet and novelist before he launched his career as a singer-songwriter in 1967. The original idea for the film had involved documenting a tour of Canadian poets, including Irving Layton and Earle Birney; however, that idea was abandoned when the filmmakers decided the other poets would not serve as charismatic film subjects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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